Chichen Itza - Photo Gallery

Photo Gallery

  • Map of the site core

  • Composite Laser scan plan image of Chichen Itza's El Caracol from above, showing directional orientations and interior layout.

  • Photo of El Caracol, observatory of Chichen Itza

  • Temple of the Warriors in 1986. Note that the Temple of the Big Tables, immediately to the left, was unrestored at that time.

  • Stone Ring located 9 m (30 ft) above the floor of the Great Ballcourt, Chichen Itza

  • Archaeologist Alfred Maudslay at Chichen in 1889.

  • Venus Platform in the Great Plaza, Chichen Itza.

  • Kukulcán pyramid

  • Another view of Kukulcán pyramid in the afternoon

  • Chac Mool excavated by Augustus Le Plongeon in 1908 from the Platform of the Eagles and Jaguars at Chichen Itza

  • Photo of the great limestone column in the Cave of Balankanche, surrounded by Tlaloc-themed incense burners

  • Grand Ballcourt from El Castillo

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