1 / 8

Chichen Itza

Chichen Itza. By Walker Sparling. Chichen Itza. City located on 2 ½ sq. miles 1191-1448 AD “ at the mouth of the well of the Itza ” One of the Seven New Wonders of the World. EL Castillo (Pyramid of Kukulcan). Largest Mayan Pyramid

tovah
Download Presentation

Chichen Itza

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Chichen Itza By Walker Sparling

  2. Chichen Itza City located on 2 ½ sq. miles 1191-1448 AD “at the mouth of the well of the Itza” One of the Seven New Wonders of the World

  3. EL Castillo (Pyramid of Kukulcan) • Largest Mayan Pyramid • 91 steps on every side - total 364; top platform 365th step • Spanish word for castle

  4. Juego De Pelota (pok-ta-pok court) • Largest pok-ta-pok court ever - larger than football field

  5. Sacred (Well) Cenote 200 ft diameter cliffsdrop 89 ft Archeologists found treasure & skeletons of men, women, & children that were sacrificed to rain god Wells formed by sinkholes in limestone formations

  6. Templ de los Guerreros (Temple of the Warriors) Each column represents a warrior Chaac Mool is at top of stairway Known as 1,000 columns Excavation 1924-1928

  7. El Caracol (Observatory) Caracol = The Snail Built over centuries -additions made as Mayans learned more about the stars

  8. Bibliography • The 14 wonders of the world ancient and new: the definitive collection of the world's great wonders. Questar. 2008. Digital Video Disc. • Baird, David, Shane Christensen, and Christine Delsol Christine. Frommer's Cancún & the Yucatán. 2012. Hoboken, N.J Wiley Publisher, 2011. • “Chichen Itza”http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/world-heritage/chichen-itza/ • “Chichen Itza”www.mayankids.com Updated 2008. • Search for the Lost Cave People“Temple of the Warrior, ChichenItza” Updated 2000. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/laventa/bachichen.html

More Related