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A third pyramid structure has been discovered within the Temple of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza:
A third structure has been found within the famous Kukulkan pyramid in eastern Mexico, experts say.
The 10m (33t[sic]) tall pyramid was found within two other structures that comprise the 30m pyramid at the Mayan archaeological complex known as Chichen Itza in Yucatan state.
The discovery suggests that the pyramid was built in three phases.
The Mayan civilisation occupied Central America and had its peak around the 6th Century AD.
The recently-discovered smallest pyramid was constructed between the years 550-800, researchers say.
[...] The middle structure was discovered in the 1930s and is estimated to date back to the years 800-1000, while the largest one is believed to have been finished between 1050-1300.
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(Score: 4, Informative) by Snotnose on Friday November 18 2016, @02:52PM
Went to Uxmal and Chichen Itza in the mid-80s. At night they had this thing where they play music and play different colored lights on the pyramids. Sounds cheesy as hell, I don't know why we decided to do it.
Short story short, it was fricken awesome. The ruins themselves give you a real sense of history, and the colors/music somehow really drove it home.
Seriously, if they still do that 30 years later and you're down there, do it.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday November 18 2016, @06:13PM
It was sad to read that you can't climb El Castillo anymore. I understand why they need to protect the pyramid (or, apparently, idiots from themselves), but the view from up there is a very very different perspective on the site.
And Disney/Six_Flags could learn something about thrill rides from those stairs...
(Score: 2) by fishybell on Friday November 18 2016, @08:40PM
When I was 18 I vacationed in Mexico near Chichen Itza, and I agree. The climb up and the view from the top was simply breathtaking. Some tourist died [blogspot.com], and now it's off-limits. Even better than the climb up though? Racing my brother down by using the flat edges along the stairs as slides. I'm vaguely amazed now that one of us wasn't that dead tourist to ruin it for everyone.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 18 2016, @11:22PM
fixed link:
https://endlesscancun.blogspot.fr/2010/07/why-cant-i-climb-on-maya-pyramids.html [blogspot.fr]
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Saturday November 19 2016, @12:25AM
Maybe 3-4 years later I went to Teotihuacan, near Mexico city. Thoughts:
1) That pyramid was a bitch to climb, made me start thinking of getting in shape. Never mind the altitude.
2) Mexico city is both really nice and sucks. Culture is really nice. Smog sucked. Half the museums were closed due to lack of money for maintenance, in the other half half the exhibits were closed.
3) I got the flu the day before I left, got to my hotel and spent 2 out of my 4 days in my hotel room, only leaving to get some great tortilla soup from the bar on the top floor (El Presidente, if I remember right)
4) Took a trip to Taxco, which is a silver town an hour out of Mexico city. Bought my girlfriend some really nice silver earrings. Got home, she didn't want to accept them. Found out from her sister it was because she'd found a new boyfriend while I was gone (we hadn't been going out long enough for me to take her on an expensive trip like that, went with a friend)
Second half of that trip was going to Puerto Vallarta, staying at El Presidente. I love Puerto Vallarta.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 2) by jelizondo on Saturday November 19 2016, @12:38AM
As of last year, they were doing the light and sound show both in Uxmal and Chichen Itza, and indeed is worth it.