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Archeoastronomy, El Caracol Observatory

View of the observatory at at Chichen Itza, known as El Caracol (the snail) for its interior spiral staircase. The structure, with its unusual placement on the platform and its round shape (the others are rectangular, in keeping with Maya practice), is theorized to have been a proto-observatory with doors and windows aligned to astronomical events, specifically around the path of Venus. Chichen Itza was a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya civilization. The archaeological site is located in the municipality of Tinum, in the Mexican state of Yucatan. The Maya their highest state of development during AD 250 to 900. Photographed by DÃ©sirÃ© Charnay (1828-1915) in 1882.

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Title: Archeoastronomy, El Caracol Observatory

Caption: View of the observatory at at Chichen Itza, known as El Caracol (the snail) for its interior spiral staircase. The structure, with its unusual placement on the platform and its round shape (the others are rectangular, in keeping with Maya practice), is theorized to have been a proto-observatory with doors and windows aligned to astronomical events, specifically around the path of Venus. Chichen Itza was a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya civilization. The archaeological site is located in the municipality of Tinum, in the Mexican state of Yucatan. The Maya their highest state of development during AD 250 to 900. Photographed by DÃ©sirÃ© Charnay (1828-1915) in 1882.

Personalities: CHARNAY • MAYAN

Category: black & white • History: Middle Ages

Credit: Album / Science Source / Getty Research Institute

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Keywords: 19TH CENTURY • AMERICA NORTH • AMERICAN INDIANS: MAYA • ANCIENT • ARCHAEOASTRONOMY • ARCHAEOLOGICAL • ARCHAEOLOGY • ARCHEOASTRONOMY • ARCHEOLOGICAL • ARCHEOLOGY • ASTRONOMIA • ASTRONOMICAL • ASTRONOMY • ASTRONOMY: OBSERVATORY • BLACK & WHITE • BW • CELEBRITIES • CELEBRITY • CENTRAL AMERICA • CHARNAY • CHICHEN ITZA • CHICHENITZA • CULT, MAYA • DÃ©SIRÃ© CHARNAY • EL CARACOL • FAMOUS PEOPLE • FAMOUS • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HISTORY: MIDDLE AGES • IMPORTANT • LATIN AMERICA • LATIN AMERICAN • LATINOAMERICA • MAYA CIVILIZATION • MAYA CULTURE • MAYA • MAYAN • MAYAS • MEXICAN • MEXICO • NORTH AMERICA • NORTH AMERICAN • NOTABLE • OBSERVATORY • ORRERY • PLANETARIUM • PLANETARY • PROTO-OBSERVATORY • ROCK • ROCKS • ROCKY • RUIN • RUINS • SCIENCE • SIEGE • SITE • STONE • STONES • TOURIST ATTRACTION • TRAVEL DESTINATION • WELL-KNOWN • YUCATAN