SUN STONE
The Sun Stone is a monolithic disk olivine basalt with alluding to the Mexica cosmogony and solar cults inscriptions. It is common and incorrectly called Aztec Calendar. It was discovered in the XVIII Century. Within this monolith are described movements of the stars and where some months cycles lasted twenty days years ages eighteen months and 52, which were renewed. It was constructed by the 1512th.
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Kukulkan temple
The Temple of Kukulkan or Pyramid of Kukulkan (structure also known by the name of "The Castle", is a prehispanic building located in the Yucatan Peninsula, in the present state of the same name. Its design has a geometric pyramidal shape features . nine levels or basements, four main facades each with a central staircase, and an upper platform topped by a temple worship in this building gave the Mayan god Kukulkan (Mayan language: Feathered Serpent) why you can see reasons serpentine in architectural decoration. the alignment of the pyramid construction permits can observe various phenomena of light and shadow, which occur in his own body during the equinoxes and solstices each year.
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