Kukulkan pyramid
One of the biggest temple built in Chichén Itzá area is Kukulkan. According to Mayan legend, Kukulkan is a Snake God, a incarnation of Quetzalcoatl. Kukulkan is a stary pyramid with terraces. In each side to pyramid, stares are found to reach into the top of the Kukulkan pyramid.
In the top of the pyramid, there’s a path to King Kukulkan’ Jaguar Stone Crowd, which colored red with green dots.
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Red Jaguar and Chac Mool
Around the temples complex, there’s a statue called Red Jaguar. According to Bishop Landa, in this place in past there were veneration. The sacrifice can be jaguar, turtles, turkeys, dogs or all animal’s heart. Or sometimes the sacrifice were human.
There are eight statues of Chac Mool in Chichén Itzá area too. Chac Mool is statue depicting human with head hold-up. Read more
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Pyramids Surround Giza
In addition to Cheops (Khufu) as the main pyramids, there are also some other pyramids surround Cheops. One among the small pyramids around Great pyramid of Cheops , was used as Queen Hetepheres funeral ( found in 1925), sisters, and Sneferu ( Khufu’s wife) and mother of Khufu.
During the Giza mapping projects, more things have been discovered. Not only a funeral, but a city can be found too. Bread stores, beer manufactures, and a central of copper mining.
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- Khafree Pyramid in Giza - Egypt
A few meters in south-west of Great Pyramid of Giza, there’s a smaller pyramid called Khafre Pyramid. Khafre was Khufu’s generation, and considered as one of the Great Sphinx founder.
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