Portal:North America/Selected picture/63

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El Caracol
El Caracol
Credit: Eric Baetscher
El Caracol at the Mayan archaeological site Chichen Itza in Yucatán, Mexico, is believed to have been an observatory with doors and windows aligned to view astronomical events sacred to the feathered-serpent god Kukulkan, specifically around the path of Venus as it traverses the sky.
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