Before any work was done on this structure, which is now known as the Temple of the Warriors ... see the top left portion of the structure. Chichen Itza was the main ruling center of the Yucatan ...

El Castillo (The Castle), a 98-foot-tall pyramid, dominates the city, while the Temple of the Warriors features murals ... sculpted head of Kinich Ahau, the sun god. Weighing almost ten pounds ...

supporting the hypothesis of a syncretic government in Chichen Itza, just as in Teotihuacan. The Temple of the Warriors also ...

The fusion of Mayan construction techniques with new elements from central Mexico make Chichen-Itza one of the most important examples of the Mayan-Toltec civilization in Yucatán. Several buildings ...

Today it is known that it has two snakehead sculptures at the bottom of each staircase. On the equinoxes in September and March the sun casts a shadow that cascades down the 91 steps of the northern ...