Kukulkán Buy!
Location: Chichen Itza, Mexico
Story:
The Kukulkan Pyramid at Chichen Itza was a terraced monument as opposed to being a true pyramid form such as we see in Egypt.
There were clear reasons for this departure from Egyptian architectural practice because in the West, pyramids convey specific
numbers which can enable us to see why they were built where they were upon the earth. This is how you decode the longitude of
this structure. (Based on the Great Pyramid at Giza, Egypt being at longitude zero.) 9 terraces x 365 steps x 4 sides x 4 stairways
= 52,560 The structure's longitude (based on Giza) is 119 degrees west, 42 minutes and 10.51620648 seconds. Those numbers
multiply out to 52559.99998704 A coincidence? Or did they somehow know exactly where this structure was located in relation to
Giza. One of the world's most puzzling mysteries I suppose! (Well, it is an imagined coincidence I suppose...lol..) This structure was
built by the Toltecs around 1200ad. The Mayans were driven out after building structures here for about 600 years. Today, the
Mayans are the main group of people living in this area.
Location: Chichen Itza, Mexico
Story:
The Kukulkan Pyramid at Chichen Itza was a terraced monument as opposed to being a true pyramid form such as we see in Egypt.
There were clear reasons for this departure from Egyptian architectural practice because in the West, pyramids convey specific
numbers which can enable us to see why they were built where they were upon the earth. This is how you decode the longitude of
this structure. (Based on the Great Pyramid at Giza, Egypt being at longitude zero.) 9 terraces x 365 steps x 4 sides x 4 stairways
= 52,560 The structure's longitude (based on Giza) is 119 degrees west, 42 minutes and 10.51620648 seconds. Those numbers
multiply out to 52559.99998704 A coincidence? Or did they somehow know exactly where this structure was located in relation to
Giza. One of the world's most puzzling mysteries I suppose! (Well, it is an imagined coincidence I suppose...lol..) This structure was
built by the Toltecs around 1200ad. The Mayans were driven out after building structures here for about 600 years. Today, the
Mayans are the main group of people living in this area.
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Ancient Observatory Buy!
Location: Chichen Itza, Mexico
Story:
This is the El Caracol observatory in the older (Maya) section of Chichen Itza in Yucatan Mexico. It was built sometime after 600 AD by the
Maya. A few hundred years later, the Toltecs took over the site and built many newer structures. This building looks very similar to many
modern observatories, but it was mainly used to mark the passage of the seasons and longer periods by the way that the structure was built
and aligned with the stars.
Location: Chichen Itza, Mexico
Story:
This is the El Caracol observatory in the older (Maya) section of Chichen Itza in Yucatan Mexico. It was built sometime after 600 AD by the
Maya. A few hundred years later, the Toltecs took over the site and built many newer structures. This building looks very similar to many
modern observatories, but it was mainly used to mark the passage of the seasons and longer periods by the way that the structure was built
and aligned with the stars.
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