Kuyo yonke imimangaliso kaMayan efihliweyo ngaphakathi emahlathini eMexico & apos, akukho namnye owaziwa ngaphezu kweChichen Itza. Ngokulula eyona ndawo ibuyiselweyo ye-Yucatan, kunye ne-apos; ikwaye uMmangaliso weHlabathi kunye ne-UNESCO yeLifa leMveli leHlabathi.
Amanxuwa athabatha ii-2.5 zeekhilomitha zesikwere kwaye enesiqingatha kwiindawo ezimbini: uMzantsi kunye neendawo zoMbutho wezakudala. Indawo yoMzantsi yaqala ngenkulungwane ye-7, ngelixa iZone eseMbindini yakhiwa malunga nekhulu le-10. Abakhenkethi kufuneka baqale kuqala kwiCentral Zone, apho izakhiwo ezibonakalayo zibandakanya inkundla yebhola, iitempile ezininzi, kunye ne-El Castillo. Eyaziwa nangokuthi iPyramidi yaseKukulkan, okanye iQuetzalcoatl, le phiramidi yamatye angama-80 ibonisa umzila wekhalenda kaMayan.
Ukutyhubela imbali yeChichen Itza kunye ne-apos, yeminyaka eli-1 000, amaqela awahlukeneyo ayilolonge kwaye ashiya uphawu, kubandakanya iToltecs. Ke ukuba ucinga ukuba uChichen Itza yenye nje indawo yokumba kwezinto zakudala ehamba kunye nabakhenkethi, cinga kwakhona. Esi sixeko silahlekileyo sehlathi sinezindlu ezifihlakeleyo ezithatha iinkulungwane kunye nempucuko.
Ayisiyo nje idolophu yamaMaya
IChichen Itza ithathwa ngokubanzi njengeziko lezinto zakudala zaseMeya, kodwa elinye iqela laseMexico lomthonyama lalinempembelelo enkulu kuphuhliso lwalo. IiToltecs zafika eChichen Itza malunga nekhulu le-10 kwaye zazibalulekile ekuphuhliseni iZiko eliMbindi lesiza, elibonisa ukudityaniswa kweentaba zase-Mexico kunye nePuuc.
Inyoka enkulu ikhasa i-El Castillo
Inyoka enenyoka eneentsiba, uKukulkan, inyuka iwele iphiramidi yase-El Castillo kabini ngonyaka. Ngentwasahlobo nasekwindla ii-equinox, izithunzi zilungelelana etempileni & i-apos; s amanyathelo angama-365 (inye yosuku ngalunye lonyaka) ukwenza umfanekiso wenyoka. Ngokutshona kwelanga, inyoka iyehla isezantsi ukuya ezinyukweni ukuze idibanise intloko yenyoka yelitye ehleli emazantsi ezitepsi.
Iisinkho zilala phantsi kobunzima
IChichen Itza yakhiwa ngokujikeleza uthotho lweesinkho, ezibizwa ngokuba zii-cenotes. Eyona ibalulekileyo — neyona inkulu — yiCenote Sagrado, esekho nanamhlanje. Kukholelwa ukuba i-cenote yayisetyenziswa ngamaMeya ngeenjongo zomnyhadala, kubandakanya amadini abantu kuthixo wemvula kaMayan. Abembi bezinto zakudala bafumanise amathambo kunye nezacholo ezivela kule ndawo.
IChichen Itza ipeyintwe ngegazi
Omnye wemidlalo edumileyo yamaMaya yayiquka umdlalo apho abalahlekileyo baphulukana neentloko zabo. Inkundla yebhola eChichen Itza yenye yezona zinkulu kwezakha zafunyanwa kwaye ihonjiswe ngemizobo exelela imithetho enzima (kunye nenkohlakalo). Ngaphesheya kwe-El Castillo, ngaphezulu kweNdlu yeWarriors, lilitye apho iintliziyo zabantu zazishiywe njengeminikelo koothixo.
AmaMeya alandela uVenus
Ukongeza kumaqonga amabini eChichen Itza anikezelwe kwiPlanethi yeVenus, isakhiwo esifana nesokujonga, i-El Caracol, sasilungelelaniswe ngokukodwa ukulandelela ukujikeleza kweVenus & apos esibhakabhakeni.
Ukuphela kwayo kuhlala kungaziwa
IChicen Itza yayisisixeko esikhulayo nesichumileyo kangangeenkulungwane, kunye nendawo yokurhweba. Kodwa kwii-1400s, abemi bayo basishiya isixeko, beshiya ngasemva imisebenzi emihle yobugcisa. Ukanti akukho & apos akukho ngxelo yesizathu sokumka kwabo. Kukho iingcinga ezininzi, kubandakanya imbalela kunye nemibuzo yobutyebi, kodwa akukho nto iqinisekisiweyo.