The Temple of Kukulkan at Chichen ... testament to the Mayan civilization's advanced understanding of astronomy and architecture. The temple's design, with its 365 steps and serpent-shaped shadow ...

Chichén Itzá is a city in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula that thrived between the 9th and 13th centuries A.D. Although a wildly popular tourist attraction, archaeologists are still trying to ...

The step pyramid was built by the Maya civilization sometime between the 8th and 12th centuries AD to serve as a temple to the Feathered Serpent deity Kukulcán. In 2021, a woman from Tijuana ...

During the spring and autumn equinoxes, the shadow cast by the pyramid creates a mesmerizing illusion of a massive serpent descending the steps of the temple. Scholars debate whether or not the Maya ...

During survey work ahead of a new railway, archaeologists found the statue of a Maya warrior wearing a serpent on his head. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The step-pyramid was built by the Maya civilization sometime between the 8th and 12th centuries AD to serve as a temple to Kukulcán, the Feather Serpent god. The centuries-old temple was named in ...

Archaeologists working at the Maya archaeological site of Chichén Itzá in Yucatán ... The sculpted face represents a warrior adorned with a feathered headdress and a helmet shaped like a serpent’s ...

Inhabitants of the ancient Maya city of Chichén Itzá are ... such as the Temple of Kukulcán ("El Castillo"), a step pyramid honoring a feathered serpent deity. Around the spring and fall ...

The ancient Mayan civilization has ... the Plumed Serpent deity, and is designed to mimic the god's descent to earth. El ...