New pyramid found inside famous Kukulkan pyramid at Chichen Itza
Posted On: Nov 17th, 2016 at 02:48
**Breaking News**
Mexico
A third pyramid has been discovered within the interior of the famous pyramid of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza.
The Maya pyramid of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza is famous for its remarkable mathematics and incredible equinox-related properties.
There are 91 steps on each side of the pyramid and the platform on the top makes the total 365 – the days of the solar year. But the most remarkable phenomenon occurs during the two equinoxes. As the sun moves in the sky the shadow of the corner stones falls onto the walls of the central stairways, and slowly the shadow moves in the same way a snake would if it was winding its way down the pyramid. At the bottom of the steps, on each wall, there is a carved statue of a snake’s head. It’s an incredible feat of engineering and would have required meticulous study of the sun’s path through the sky over many decades.
The new third structure is a third of the size (10m) of the main outer pyramid (30m) and gives more insight into Maya architecture.
The discovery of the new inner pyramid is very exciting but it is not something new – most large pyramids were built in the same way, one pyramid built on top of another, and so on. This phenomenon is found all over central and south America and was a common feature of pyramid building for at least two thousand years.
