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 CALENDAR

MAYAN HIEROGLYPHICS

TEMPLE OF JAGUAR

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

THAT’S ALL