| The Mayans of the Yucatan Peninsula |
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| a second pyrimid inside! |
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| Chichen Itza, is derived from the Mayan language: "Chi" - mouth, "Chen" - well and "Itza" - the tribe that inhabited the area |
| Re-Discovered by John L. Stephens in 1841 the pyramid looked like this: |
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| the rain god Chac presides over the Chichen |
| Chichen Itza = mouth of the well of the Itza. Founded in the year 514 of our era by the priest LAKIN CHAN who was also called Itzamna |
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| this is how Chichen Itza would have looked: |
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| Pyramids, colorful walls, and hyrogliphics, and the mummy of a dead ruler in a tomb. So very like Egypt. All so mysterious. |
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| recurring theme is the serpent. |
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| the mystry of the pyramid includes a twice a year (during the Equinox), appearance of the shadow of a serpent as it wiggles it's way down the stairs of the pyramid and touches the earth....another, if you stand beneath it, and clap your hands the sound of an endangered bird is heard coming from inside the top. |
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| Structure on which Cha (above) sits atop |
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| Original condition of the Pyramid during the time of the Mayan. The Rocks were covered in stucco and painted. |
| the pyramid is a one year calender itself. The Mayan people were amazing in their knowledge. |
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