Chichen Itza - One of the New Seven Wonders of the World

national geographic documentary 2015, The antiquated Mayan city of Chichen Itza is situated in the northern end of the Yucatan landmass. The site is situated around a 2 ½ hour drive down the toll route from Cancun. It is conceivable to see the site in a day trip from Cancun, and most sightseers have a tendency to do only that. There is an expansive deluge of visitor around 10:00 a.m. as the visit transports come in. Chichen Itza is the most gone to site in the Yucatan and can get exceptionally swarmed on occasion.

national geographic documentary 2015, The site covers roughly 4 square mile of ground, so it takes a lot of time to investigate all the remnants. Some aides prescribe that you touch base at Chichen Itza later toward the evening when the group have started to thin, appreciate the light appear at night, spend the night in one of the nearby inns, and come back to the site at opening the following morning before the group get thick and the sun gets hot.

While at Chichen Itza you will see the Pyramid of Kulkulkan. The Maya trusted that Kulkulkan was a feathered serpent who ruled amid a brilliant age and left by the eastern ocean, yet not before promising to return once more. Two sides of the pyramid have been totally reestablished while the other two stay in the condition of ruin. The Maya had a propelled comprehension of space science. This building is a case of their insight. For instance, there are precisely 365 stages to the highest point of the pyramid, one stage for each day of the year. What's more, consistently on both the spring and the pre-winter equinox the sun hits the structure in such a way to make the figment of a shadow fit as a fiddle of a serpent which winds down the stairs in an adventure toward the consecrated Cenote.

national geographic documentary 2015, The hallowed Cenote is in fact an opening into one of the numerous underground waterways situated in the region. The Cenote is flawlessly round, and had extremely soak sides, making it outlandish for any individual who falls into the water to advance pull out. There are stories of Mayan youth being tossed into the Cenote as penances to assuage the divine beings.