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| Mayan Room Stucco Facade, Center Image Is Sun God, Flanked By Other Deities |
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| The Original Chac Mool From Inside The Venus Platform, Chichén Itzá. |
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| The "Cenote Sagrado"or Sacred Cenote (also variously known as the Sacred Well or Well of Sacrifice). Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico. |
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Several of these objects came from Chichén Itzá or Chichen Itza, in the northern part of the Mexican State of Yucatán. The northern part of the Mexican State of Yucatán is very dry with no above-ground rivers. Very near Chichén Itzá there are two large, natural sink holes, called cenotes, that provided plentiful water year round at Chichén Itzá, making it attractive for settlement. Of the two cenotes, the "Cenote Sagrado" or Sacred Cenote (also variously known as the Sacred Well or Well of Sacrifice), is the most famous. The pre-Columbian Maya sacrificed objects and human beings into the Sacred Cenote as a form of worship to the Maya rain god Chaac. When archaeologist, Edward Herbert Thompson dredged the Cenote Sagrado from 1904 to 1910, and recovered artifacts of gold, jade, pottery, and incense, as well as human remains which had wounds consistent with human sacrifice. Some of these items are shown on this page.
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| Tablet From Chichén Itzá | Gold From Chichén Itzá Sacred Cenote |
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| Tablet From Chichén Itzá | Gold From Chichén Itzá Sacred Cenote |
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| Gold From Chichén Itzá Sacred Cenote | Gold From Chichén Itzá Sacred Cenote |
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| Gold From Chichén Itzá Sacred Cenote | Gold From Chichén Itzá Sacred Cenote |
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| Gold From Chichén Itzá Sacred Cenote | Gold From Chichén Itzá Sacred Cenote |
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| Gold From Chichén Itzá Sacred Cenote | Gold From Chichén Itzá Sacred Cenote |
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| Chac Mool From Inside Venus Platform, Chichén Itzá | Chac Mool From Inside Venus Platform, Chichén Itzá |
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| Jaguar Devouring A Heart Chichén Itzá | Kukulkan - Sun Symbols Chichen Itza |