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chichen itza
Title: chichen itza
Category: History
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chichen itza
Chichen Itza
The ruined ancient city occupying an area of 4 square miles (10 square km) in
south-central state, . It is located some 90 miles (150 km) east-northeast of and
75 miles (120 km) east-southeast of the modern city of . The only source of water
in the arid region around the site is from wells (cenotes) formed by sinkholes in
limestone formations. Two big cenotes on the site made it a suitable place for the
city and gave it its name, …showed first 75 words of 740 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 740 total…became one of Mexico's prime
archaeological zones.
A legendary tradition at Chichén was the Cult of the Cenote, involving human
sacrifice to the rain god, in which victims were thrown into the city's major cenote
(at the northernmost part of the ruin), along with gold and jade ornaments and
other valuables. In 1904 , an American who had bought the entire site, began
dredging the cenote; his discovery of skeletons and sacrificial objects confirmed the
legend.
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