One of the Wonders of the World today that is often visited by tourists is the Chichen-Itza, the Kulkulkan Pyramid which is located in the Peninsula of Yucatan, in the Yucatan State; Mexico.
Chichen Itza means “at the mouth of the well of Itza”. The Kulkulkan Pyramid in Chichen Itza which is known as “El Castillo” (the castle), is one of the new seven wonders of the world. This building was created with an exact mathematical design after making numerous calculations and measurements. Considered a wonder of the Mesoamerican technology, it is one of the highest and outstanding of all the Mayan architecture.
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This was raised over the yucatican plain, it is a pyramid of nine staggered bodies, measuring 60 meters per side and 24 meters high. To each side there are stairs and temple in the superior part. Specialist and investigators of diverse disciplines have agreed that this pyramid is a representation of the mayan civil calendar. Each side has 91 steps, multiplied by the four sides giving the total of 364, plus one being the platform a total of 365 days of the solar year.
The most watch by the tourist who visits the place is the day Autumn Equinox, the featheredserpent return to the earth. “Kin” the sun return to be its ally to make it visible. The word equinox comes from euqus that means “equal' and nox “night”. It refers to those days of the year in which the days and nights are equal in duration. The equinoxial phenomenon of light ans shade is known as “the descent of the Kulkulkans”
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When spring and autumn equinoxes takes place, Chichen Iotza is the scene of the surprising phenomenon called “of light and shade”. The position of the sun coincided with high accuracy with the steps of “El Castillo” of Kulkulcan to gradually project on the balustrade of the northeast, seven triangle,the silhoutte of the feathered serpent that measures about 34 meters long. The spectacular culminating movement of the phenomenon shows how the light arrives to the stone head of the god serpent on the ground where stairs begins.the feathered serpent begins to descend.
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While the sun projects its myterious and extensive shade on the Northern stairs, each step is iluminated little by little, the process lasts nearly 5 hours, and its fullness is observed approximately for 45 minutes. The god serpent arrives and comes down and unfold his prolonged body in the human territory and once disappears as it has been happening twice a year for a hundred of years.
I believed that this pyramid was built for the purpose of their god serpent but today it is considered as the World's Wonder. Now it is of the place where Mexicans can be proud of.
Resources: www.chichenitza.com
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