As thousands of tourists flocked to Chichén Itzá for the spring equinox, two were arrested, one for climbing the iconic ...
symbolizing the Toltec military orders of the eagle and jaguar, supporting the hypothesis of a syncretic government in ...
Bystander footage shows the individual – who authorities have yet to name – scaling the side of the Temple of Kukulcan ... during the spring equinox. Chichen Itza, Yucatan.
Chichen-Itza is a clear illustration of this fusion ... Tzompantli or the Skull Wall, the temple known as the Jaguar Temple, and the House of Eagles; on the north-east are the Temple of the Warriors, ...
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 ...