This site features an observatory whose interior features a spiral stone staircase which led to the observatory being nicknamed "The Snail.
This site features an observatory whose interior features a spiral stone staircase which led to the observatory being nicknamed "The Snail." Following this city's decline, a nearby city was ruled by the Cocom family until they were overthrown in the mid-15th century. Other buildings at this site include a complex in the Puuc architectural style, known as "Las Monjas," and the Temple of the Warriors, which resembles Structure B at Tula. US consul Edward Thompson bought this site, and began dredging up treasures from a natural sinkhole known as the Cenote of Sacrifice, which was sacred to Chac. FTP, name this Mayan city in the Yucatan whose ruins feature the largest ballgame court in Mesoamerica.
This site features an observatory whose interior features a spiral stone staircase which led to the observatory being nicknamed "The Snail.
{Chichén Itzá}