The Toltec story of Chichen Itza begins with the exile of a king known as Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl from the Toltec capital of Tula Grande around 987 CE. Mayan sources also speak of this king’s ...

With each new discovery, Chichén Itzá continues to reveal fragments of its past that challenge previous interpretations of its history and urbanism. Weather in Isla Mujeres: Ideal Conditions for ...

Chichen-Itza is a clear illustration of this fusion ... the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), which is in charge of the care and conservation of the archaeological site, and the ...

Chichen Itza was the main ruling center of the Yucatan between 1191-1448 AD, in what is now known as Mexico. The temple, seen here during excavation, rests on a pyramidal foundation 37 feet high ...

The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) has prohibited climbing the sacred Mayan building since 2008, installing a security cordon around it and announced fines ranging from ...

Rising through a clearing in the jungle of the Yucatán, a monumental Maya pyramid appears to touch the sky in Catherwood’s illustration of the Pyramid of Kulkulcán. Although parts of the structure are ...

Depicts how New Agers the Mexican state tourists and 1920s archaeologists all contend to clear the site of the antique Maya city of Chichen Itza in order to produce their own idealized and ...

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