Chichen Itza, world famous archaeological zone, is located 120 km from Merida via federal highway 180, in the state of Yucatan, Mexico. The name Chichen Itza is derived from the Mayan language which means "at the mouth of the Itza well". The city was the center of political, economic,religious, and military power during the period 600 and 1250 A.D, not only in Yucatan but also in the entire southeastern part of Mesoamerica.
Chichen Itza rule brought about drastic changes in the internal structure of Yucatan communities. At the same time, the introduction of an Innovative view of the world marked the establishment of an order characterized by changing commercial values, production and distribution systems, and residential and religious architecture of the groups int he power.
Chichen Itza was founded in the year 514 A.D by the priest Lakin Chan who was also called Itzamma. That is why their people were called Chanes or Itza-es.When the Spaniards arrived to Chichen Itza, it had been abandoned as a consequence of the civil war fought with Mayapan.In between 1196 & 1441 the final collapse of this culture took place in the north of the peninsula.
The Mayan Toltec style are:
- El Juego De la Pelota
- El Castillo
- El Grupo De las Mil Columnas
- El tzompantli
- El Edificio De las Aguilas
- El templo De los Guerrerros
- El Mercado
All of these buildings have the same decoration motives found in Tula. The most frequent representations are warriors and Quetzalcoatl. The cult of the Feathered Serpent, Quetzalcoatl in Tula and Kukulkan in Mayan was very important.The largest Ball Game in Mesoamerica is found in Chichen Itza.
The Kukulkan pyramid known as "El Castillo" is the place where the ceremony of the descent of Kukulkan was held. The pyramid has special astronomical layout so that a game of light and shadow is formed. On March 21st, the body of the serpent metaphorically descends from the temple on top of the pyramid and arrives at the heads at the foot of the staircase. Excavations in the interior show that there is a smaller Castillo in the interior.
Chichen Itza is the most visited archaeological site in the peninsula of Yucatan,due to its extraordinary architecture beauty and its geographical location. In 2007, it is selected as one of the new seven world wonders which is exactly 24m high considering the upper platform. Chichen Itza is one of the largest Maya cities, with the relatively densely clustered architecture of the site core covering an area of at least 5 square km. The Yucatan Peninsula is a limestone plain, with no rivers or streams. The region is pockmarked with natural sink holes, called cenotes, which expose the water table to the surface. One of the most impressive of these is the Cenote Sagrado, which is 60m in diameter, and sheer cliffs that drop to the water table some 27m below. The Cenote Sagrado was a place of pilgrimage for ancient Maya people who would conduct sacrifices during times of drought.Archaeological investigations support this as thousands of objects such as gold, jade, shell, wood, cloth and even skeletons of children and men have been removed from the bottom of the cenote.
Mayans and their prediction-The End of the World
Mayans are from an ancient civilization who settled in the Mesoamerica around 250 A.D.They lived an agricultural life therefore very much connected with nature. They were influenced by the cultures of the cities they captured and reflected it to their art and architecture.
The biggest mystery of Mayan Civilization is the Maya Calender, that has been reminded by the movie "2012", according to which the end is approaching soon.They created a calender called Long Count, about 3500 years ago based on their great skill of mathematics and astrology. And this ancient calender worries modern scholars because of the date it ends.
The calender is not an astronomic calender. Just like the Mayan Pyramids, the calender also consists of 9 layers which represents nine eras. Each layer shortens 1/20 of the previous layer. Layers have 6 nights and 7 days, totally 13parts which affects the humanity with different energies they symbolize. Shortly, Mayan Calender shows the evolution of human conscious, this is what makes this calender special.
According to Mayan Calender, each day has its own significance. Each day has a symbol and a number and the characteristics of the day that you are born shape your destiny. Going back to some historical events, you may see that they overlap with the Mayan Calender. The first layer of Mayan Calender goes back to 16billion years when the galaxies were formed. The second era starts 820 million years ago when the course of existence has started. The third layer starts with the mammals appearing which lasts for 40 million years. At the fourth layer, mankind appears within 2 million years. Fifth layer consists of 100 thousand years when the mankind starts to socialize and create. At the sixth layer the civilization starts around 3100BC, about 5000years ago. The seventh layer dates back to 1755 when mankind improves with the industrial revolution and starts to colonize. The next layer starts in 1999, where an alternate conscious overtakes the previous one which is equality.
According to the pyramid of Mayan Calender, changes happen so quickly at each layer. This calender is reliable for some researchers because the Mayans predicted the year when their civilization would be invaded by the foreigners, they predicted the world wars and every solar and lunar eclipse until today. With 8th November 2009, we are going into a new night change according to Mayan Calender. This is going to be a bigger crisis. However they never predicted anything about 2012. but may be they did but we don't know as the Spanish when they attacked there, burnt the books of the Mayans and unfortunately today we only have a few of their sources.
Does the mystery end here-21st December 2012?
What is going to happen?
Let us wait and see...........
Mayans and their prediction-The End of the World
Mayans are from an ancient civilization who settled in the Mesoamerica around 250 A.D.They lived an agricultural life therefore very much connected with nature. They were influenced by the cultures of the cities they captured and reflected it to their art and architecture.
The biggest mystery of Mayan Civilization is the Maya Calender, that has been reminded by the movie "2012", according to which the end is approaching soon.They created a calender called Long Count, about 3500 years ago based on their great skill of mathematics and astrology. And this ancient calender worries modern scholars because of the date it ends.
The calender is not an astronomic calender. Just like the Mayan Pyramids, the calender also consists of 9 layers which represents nine eras. Each layer shortens 1/20 of the previous layer. Layers have 6 nights and 7 days, totally 13parts which affects the humanity with different energies they symbolize. Shortly, Mayan Calender shows the evolution of human conscious, this is what makes this calender special.
According to Mayan Calender, each day has its own significance. Each day has a symbol and a number and the characteristics of the day that you are born shape your destiny. Going back to some historical events, you may see that they overlap with the Mayan Calender. The first layer of Mayan Calender goes back to 16billion years when the galaxies were formed. The second era starts 820 million years ago when the course of existence has started. The third layer starts with the mammals appearing which lasts for 40 million years. At the fourth layer, mankind appears within 2 million years. Fifth layer consists of 100 thousand years when the mankind starts to socialize and create. At the sixth layer the civilization starts around 3100BC, about 5000years ago. The seventh layer dates back to 1755 when mankind improves with the industrial revolution and starts to colonize. The next layer starts in 1999, where an alternate conscious overtakes the previous one which is equality.
According to the pyramid of Mayan Calender, changes happen so quickly at each layer. This calender is reliable for some researchers because the Mayans predicted the year when their civilization would be invaded by the foreigners, they predicted the world wars and every solar and lunar eclipse until today. With 8th November 2009, we are going into a new night change according to Mayan Calender. This is going to be a bigger crisis. However they never predicted anything about 2012. but may be they did but we don't know as the Spanish when they attacked there, burnt the books of the Mayans and unfortunately today we only have a few of their sources.
Does the mystery end here-21st December 2012?
What is going to happen?
Let us wait and see...........
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