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The Tomb of the Great Priest, at Chichen Itza, has a communal grave yard under its foundation. This structure has three platforms. The platform of the tombs has six columns, houses two tombs and has a frieze showing serpents.
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The Tomb of the Great Priest, at Chichen Itza, has a communal grave yard under its foundation. This structure has three platforms. The platform of the tombs has six columns, houses two tombs and has a frieze showing serpents.

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Temple of Kululkan, at Chichen Itza, is 98 feet high with the temple and has a base of 181 feet. At the Spring and autumn equinoxes the late afternoon sun hits the northwest corner causing triangular shaped shadows against the NW stairs creating an illusion of a feathered serpent crawling down the pyramid.
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Temple of Kululkan, at Chichen Itza, is 98 feet high with the temple and has a base of 181 feet. At the Spring and autumn equinoxes the late afternoon sun hits the northwest corner causing triangular shaped shadows against the NW stairs creating an illusion of a feathered serpent crawling down the pyramid.
  • Yucatan-9622<br />
Temple of Kululkan, at Chichen Itza, is 98 feet high with the temple and has a base of 181 feet. At the Spring and autumn equinoxes the late afternoon sun hits the northwest corner causing triangular shaped shadows against the NW stairs creating an illusion of a feathered serpent crawling down the pyramid.
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  • Yucatan-9723<br />
Temple of Kululkan, at Chichen Itza, is 98 feet high with the temple and has a base of 181 feet. At the Spring and autumn equinoxes the late afternoon sun hits the northwest corner causing triangular shaped shadows against the NW stairs creating an illusion of a feathered serpent crawling down the pyramid.
  • Yucatan-9686<br />
The Tomb of the Great Priest, at Chichen Itza, has a communal grave yard under its foundation. This structure has three platforms. The platform of the tombs has six columns, houses two tombs and has a frieze showing serpents.
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The Tomb of the Great Priest, at Chichen Itza, has a communal grave yard under its foundation. This structure has three platforms. The platform of the tombs has six columns, houses two tombs and has a frieze showing serpents.
  • Yucatan-9610<br />
The Tomb of the Great Priest, at Chichen Itza, has a communal grave yard under its foundation. This structure has three platforms. The platform of the tombs has six columns, houses two tombs and has a frieze showing serpents.
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The Tomb of the Great Priest, at Chichen Itza, has a communal grave yard under its foundation. This structure has three platforms. The platform of the tombs has six columns, houses two tombs and has a frieze showing serpents.
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The Temple of Warriors, at Chichen Itza, has four stepped sections and friezes with jaguars, eagles and a mythical animal eating hearts. The inside of the temple on top has two rooms with three vaulted ceilings with 12 pillars sculpted with warriors on all four sides.
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The Thousand Columns, at Chichen Itza, was a 73,818 sq foot enclosure with the roof being held by these columns. On the columns 2,211 men walking are represented marking a processional route moving towards the steps of the Temple of the Warriors.
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The Thousand Columns, at Chichen Itza, was a 73,818 sq foot enclosure with the roof being held by these columns. On the columns 2,211 men walking are represented marking a processional route moving towards the steps of the Temple of the Warriors.
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The observatory, in Chichen Itza, is believed to have been used to make astronomical observations. Including the base it is 73 feet high, with the base being 219 feet by 170 feet.
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The observatory, in Chichen Itza, is believed to have been used to make astronomical observations. Including the base it is 73 feet high, with the base being 219 feet by 170 feet.
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The observatory, in Chichen Itza, is believed to have been used to make astronomical observations. Including the base it is 73 feet high, with the base being 219 feet by 170 feet.
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The observatory, in Chichen Itza, is believed to have been used to make astronomical observations. Including the base it is 73 feet high, with the base being 219 feet by 170 feet.
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The observatory, in Chichen Itza, is believed to have been used to make astronomical observations. Including the base it is 73 feet high, with the base being 219 feet by 170 feet.
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The observatory, in Chichen Itza, is believed to have been used to make astronomical observations. Including the base it is 73 feet high, with the base being 219 feet by 170 feet.
  • Yucatan-9664<br />
The observatory, in Chichen Itza, is believed to have been used to make astronomical observations. Including the base it is 73 feet high, with the base being 219 feet by 170 feet.
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