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Where the feathered serpent descends at equinox

Chichén Itzá, El Caracol (the Observatory) Chichen Itza ("at the mouth of the well of the Itza") was a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya people of the Terminal Classic. The archaeological sit
Chichén Itzá, El Caracol (the Observatory) Chichen Itza ("at the mouth of the well of the Itza") was a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya people of the Terminal Classic. The archaeological… © Arian Zwegers from Brussels, Belgium, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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