Download Chichen Itza Snake Shadow Video PNG. On every equinox, the sun of the late afternoon creates the illusion of a snake creeping slowly down the northern staircase. Audio in spanish subtitled in english.
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Central america, travel july 26, 2013 3 steve. Get ready for the snake on the pyramid and it descent down the steps, a maya ritual practise for over 1,000 years in the yucatan. The site is particularly popular at the solstice when thousands come to admire the remarkable interplay of light and shadow on the steps of the pyramid.
After discovering human remains at the chichen itza site, it is believed that human sacrifices took place there.
The meaning of chichen itza is at the mouth of the well of the itza chichen itza was an economic power of the mayan era and a crossroads for trading routes across the americas. Central america, travel july 26, 2013 3 steve. Dawn at dzibilchaltun on the equinox. Incredibly, twice a year on the spring and autumn equinoxes, a shadow falls on the pyramid in the shape of a serpent.
