Chichen Itza, eMexico

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I-Chichen Itza, etholakala eYucatan Peninsula eMexico, iyisibonakaliso sobuhlakani nobuciko besizwe esidala samaMaya. Njengomunye wezinto eziyisixhenxe ezintsha ezimangalisayo zomhlaba, le ndawo ye-UNESCO World Heritage ikhangisa izigidi zabavakashi unyaka nonyaka abafika ukuze baphawule ngezakhiwo zayo ezidumile futhi bahlolisise ukubaluleka kwayo emlandweni. Iphuzu eliyinhloko, i-El Castillo, eyaziwa nangokuthi iTemple of Kukulcan, iyiphiramidi ebonakalayo ethokozisa umhlaba futhi inikeza ukuqonda kokuhlangenwe nakho kwamaMaya ngokuqonda kwezinkanyezi nezinhlelo zekhadi.

Ngaphandle kwephiramidi ephakeme, i-Chichen Itza inikeza ingcebo yezimanga zokwakha namasiko. ITemple of the Warriors, iGreat Ball Court, kanye ne-Observatory eyaziwa ngokuthi i-El Caracol kukhombisa izici ezihlukahlukene zomphakathi wamaMaya, kusukela ezinkolweni zabo kuya ezithuthukisweni zabo zesayensi. Abavakashi bangaphinde bahlolisise iSacred Cenote, umgodi omkhulu wemvelo owayenendima ebalulekile emikhubeni yamaMaya.

Ukuze uqonde ngempela ubukhulu bomlando namasiko e-Chichen Itza, cabanga ngokuhambela umcimbi wezibani nezwi obusuku obukhanyisa izimpawu zalesi sikhumbuzo, kuletha izindaba zamaMaya endala zibe ngempela. Noma ungumthandi wezobuciko, umthandi womlando, noma umvakashi onentshisekelo, i-Chichen Itza izophakamisa uhambo olungasoze lwalibaleka enhliziyweni yomhlaba wasendulo.