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This is El Castillo in Chichen-Itza, Mexico. It is a Mesoamerican Step Pyramid and is Spanish for "The Castle". It served as a temple to the God Kukulcan.

-Maria DiCesare



= = = = = = = = = = = = = = =[|http://www.mysteriousplaces.com/mayan/TourEntrance.html]= = = = = = This is the Temple of the Warriors, found at Chichen-Itza. The website is very useful, as it shows many of the main structures found at this massive site. -Andrea Schofield = http://www.famsi.org/research/pohl/sites/uxmal.html

This is The Pyramid of the Magician at Uxmal in Mexico. While many sites such as Copan and Tikal were abandoned and "collapsed" after the Late Classic Period, Uxmal became a Large Maya center during the Terminal Classic Period. This picture was taken from the website www.famsi.org.- ALEXANDER RIVAS = = = = = = = = = = = = = = == = = =Here is an image of the Vision Serpent found at Yaxchilan, dated to 770 AD, in structure 24. The vision serpent was a supernatural being that Maya priest kings would communicate with after bloodletting onto paper and burning the papers during rituals. Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent, is often considered in a similar way as the vision serpent - this is dependent on geographic location in Maya empire. Vision serpent is associated with the world tree, or axis mundi, and the center of the universe and a tool for communication with those in the heavens and underworld (Xibalba). - Kelin Flanagan= = = == []

i found this Picture on Fact-archive.com This is a classic Maya Plate showing a ceremonial act. This series of ceramics is termed the "[|Codex]-style", which means the use of different color, only black and white, or cream.
 * Coe, Michael, The Maya, 6 Ed. Thames and Hudson, New York, 1999
 * Miller, Mary Ellen. Maya Art and Architecture. Thames and Hudson, New York, 1999