The Maya are an indigenous people of Mexico and Central America who have continuously inhabited the lands comprising modern-day Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche, Tabasco, and Chiapas in Mexico and southward through Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras. https://www.worldhistory.org/Maya_Civilization/ #History #Chacchoben #ChacoCanyon #ChichenItza

Although John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood are consistently credited with the `discovery' of the Maya Civilization, there were many who preceded them who sparked their interest in making their famous travels through Mesoamerica. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/418/early-explorers-of-the-maya-civilization-from-agui/ #History #Chacchoben #ChichenItza #MayaCivilization

The Mayan religious text, the Popol Vuh (known by many names, among them, The Light That Came From Beside The Sea) is the Quiche Maya story of creation translated into Spanish in the early 18th century CE by the missionary Francisco Ximenez from much older tales. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/414/maya-religion-the-light-that-came-from-beside-the/ #History #Burial #Chacchoben #ChichenItza

The Popol Vuh is the story of creation according to the Quiche Maya of the region known today as Guatemala. https://www.worldhistory.org/Popol_Vuh/ #History #ChichenItza #Copan #KinichJanaabPacal

The Maya hieroglyphic writing system was a sophisticated combination of pictographs directly representing objects and ideograms (glyphs) expressing more abstract concepts such as actions, ideas and syllabic sounds. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/655/maya-writing/ #History #ChichenItza #KinichJanaabPacal #MayaCivilization

Joshua J. Mark goes looking for adventure while visiting the Maya site of Chichen Itza in Mexico and finds sprites, spirits and iguanas amongst the ruins.https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1394/visiting-the-spirits-of-chichen-itza/ #ChichenItza #Kukulcan #MayaArchitecture #History

Bij Chichén Itzá in #Mexico, een van de belangrijkste steden van de #Maya-cultuur, hebben #archeologen een gebouwencomplex blootgelegd, dat mogelijk werd bewoond door heersers van de Maya's. #ChichénItzá
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/02/13/nieuwe-archeologische-vondsten-in-chichen-itza-de-historische-s/

Diario de Yucatan:

No solution seen in Chichen Itza conflict

Sin solución un conflicto en Chichén Itzá

#Yucatan #ChichenItza

https://www.yucatan.com.mx/yucatan/2023/1/6/sin-solucion-un-conflicto-en-chichen-itza-373624.html

Gov't says the ruins are open, but the roads to it are blocked by protesters

https://www.yucatan.com.mx/yucatan/2023/1/3/chichen-itza-pese-manifestaciones-seguira-abierto-al-publico-guardia-nacional-vigila-la-zona-373027.html

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Things have been awkward for some time. There have been so many vendors that the Chichen Itza's UNESCO World Heritage Site status was threatened (2019 article)

https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2019/10/archaeological-site-of-chichen-itza-at-risk-of-losing-unescos-recognition/

However officials trying to crack down on Maya people speaking Maya at the most famous and visited ancient Maya holy site is very bad, insensitive & colonialist.

No doubt there were designated areas of markets in pre-Hispanic Chichen Itza! I hope some reasonable solution can be arrived at.

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Many locals around the ruins of Chichen Itza have been relying on selling to tourists. Conflicts with the Mexican Federal Gov't have reached the point that striking locals are blocking access to the ruins.

#Yucatan #ChichenItza #tourism #archaeology

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1610298362040926208.html

VIDEO: Arremeten contra turista por subir la pirámide maya de Kukulcán
https://www.tolucanoticias.com/2022/11/video-arremeten-contra-turista-por.html
#piramide #Kukulcan #mayas #tourism #turismo #viajes #yucatan #vacaciones #ChichenItza #noticias #news #mexico

I take the day off and look, #ChichenItza news. A tourist hops the fence, climbs the Temple of Kukulcan pyramid, dances on the stairs, then gets abused by crowd, including this award-winning comment, "Where is Namor when you need him?" https://www.milenio.com/virales/lady-chichen-itza-mujer-sube-piramide-kukulkan-critican-videos

This is my second first post. The first one, which was quite clever if I say so myself, timed out before uploading. Mastodon, like it's namesake suggest, is big and slow. Let's hope it isn't because someone is herding it over a cliff.

Here's a photo of archaeologist Sylvanus Morley sitting on a Chac Mool at #ChichenItza, 1932.