HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF CHICHEN ITZA
ORTHOGRAPHY & LOCATION
ORTHOGRAPHY & LOCATION
At the mouth of the well of the Itza.
eastern portion of Yucatán state in Mexico
MAYAN CIVILIZATION
MAGNIFICENT MAYAN QUEEN
ARCHITECTURE AND ARCHEOLOGY
master builders
no metal tools
stone, wood tools to build
Soft limestone
MATHEMATICS &ASTRONOMY
predict solar eclipses
number zero
paper from fig tree bark
MAYAN HIEROGLYPHICS
GREAT BALL COURT
Mesoamerican ball game
13 pounds rubber ball
TEMPLE OF WARRIORS
flanked by rows of carved columns
SACRED CENOTE (WELL OF SACRIFICE)sinkhole wells.
Young female victims
Rain god
THE TRIP
1.2 million tourists