The Sacred Cenote (Spanish: cenote sagrado, Latin American Spanish: [ˌsenote saˈɣɾaðo], "sacred well"; alternatively known as the "Well of Sacrifice")... 12 KB (1,591 words) - 02:02, 25 February 2024 |
Look up cenote in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A cenote (English: /sɪˈnoʊti/ or /sɛˈnoʊteɪ/; Latin American Spanish: [seˈnote]) is a natural pit,... 25 KB (2,667 words) - 16:56, 27 April 2024 |
Chichen Itza (section Sacred Cenote) settlement. Of these cenotes, the "Cenote Sagrado" or "Sacred Cenote" (also variously known as the Sacred Well or Well of Sacrifice), is the most famous. In... 83 KB (9,924 words) - 16:54, 2 May 2024 |
city's cenote as a human sacrifice as well as precious stones like gold, jade and other ornaments for the rain god, Chaac. The Sacred Cenote is surrounded... 2 KB (238 words) - 20:04, 17 August 2022 |
better connection to spirits and deities. Cenotes are very important to the Mayas. The famous Sacred Cenote at Chichen Itza proves to be important with... 17 KB (2,251 words) - 11:51, 18 April 2024 |
sits directly above a cenote, or water cave, and is aligned at the intersection between four other cenotes: the Sacred Cenote (North), Xtoloc (South)... 20 KB (2,526 words) - 12:02, 9 March 2024 |
miles) north of Mérida Ik Kil – a cenote outside Pisté in the Tinúm Municipality, Yucatán Sacred Cenote – a cenote at the pre-Columbian Maya archaeological... 15 KB (1,823 words) - 15:03, 8 May 2024 |
the Itzás, having been taken captive. Ah Mex K'uuk threw him into the sacred cenote of Chichén Itzá as a sacrifice to the gods. However, he survived an... 3 KB (450 words) - 21:15, 17 December 2023 |
Ik Kil (redirect from Cenote Ik Kil) Ik Kil is a cenote outside Pisté in the Tinúm Municipality, Yucatán, Mexico. It is located in the northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula and is part... 3 KB (290 words) - 10:49, 20 April 2024 |
but was taken captive and was to be sacrificed by being thrown into the cenote of Chichén Itzá. However, he survived the attempted sacrifice, and having... 10 KB (1,075 words) - 02:12, 23 April 2024 |
of the Sacred Cenote at Chichén Itzá is heavily stained with Maya blue, washed off the hundreds of sacrificial offerings cast into the cenote during the... 16 KB (1,895 words) - 12:56, 28 April 2024 |
as offerings in temples, buried in votive deposits, and laid in sacred bogs and cenotes. Ancient rubber was made from latex of the rubber tree (Castilla... 15 KB (1,533 words) - 05:05, 24 August 2023 |
789 Independent Morocco 738 Quiriguá becomes independent of Copan 750 Sacred Cenote built at Chichén Itzá 780 Murals at Bonampak abandoned 738 Caliphate... 32 KB (836 words) - 09:31, 21 March 2024 |
include specimens found at Palenque in Chiapas, and recovered from the Sacred Cenote at the prominent Postclassic site of Chichen Itza in northern Yucatán... 37 KB (4,365 words) - 05:21, 7 May 2024 |
Chan Santa Cruz (section Maya sacred books) Noh Kah Balam Nah Chan Santa Cruz, was founded in about 1850 near a sacred cenote, a natural well providing a year-round source of holy water. The talking... 25 KB (3,624 words) - 18:28, 5 April 2024 |
and Veracruz, treasures recovered from the Maya civilization, at the Sacred Cenote at Chichen Itza, a replica of the sarcophagal lid from Pacal's tomb... 16 KB (1,644 words) - 16:37, 2 May 2024 |
include specimens found at Palenque in Chiapas, and recovered from the Sacred Cenote at the prominent Postclassic site of Chichen Itza in northern Yucatán... 12 KB (1,516 words) - 22:49, 25 July 2022 |
Chichen Itza, running from the main group around El Castillo to the Sacred Cenote. Few of the longer roads still exist in their entirety. A well-known... 21 KB (2,880 words) - 16:01, 1 April 2024 |
America portal Latin America portal Mexico portal Caste War of Yucatán Cenote Chicxulub crater Governor of Yucatán Himno de Yucatán Municipalities of... 63 KB (5,386 words) - 21:52, 14 March 2024 |
please the water god Chaac. The most notable example of this is the "Sacred Cenote" at Chichén Itzá. Extensive excavations have recovered the remains of... 137 KB (15,220 words) - 06:09, 2 May 2024 |
Priest’s Temple). Thompson is most famous for dredging the Cenote Sagrado (Sacred Cenote) from 1904 to 1911, where he recovered artifacts of gold, copper... 6 KB (584 words) - 17:53, 9 August 2023 |
and Uaxactun, stone sculptures from Copán, fine artifacts from the Sacred Cenote of Chichen Itza, and 600 plaster casts of monuments at important Central... 16 KB (1,645 words) - 18:45, 3 April 2024 |
cenote of Chichen Itza (cenote being the a Spanish term for the Mayan word dzonot, which is a deep, karstik sinkhole filled with water). The Sacred Cenote... 13 KB (1,421 words) - 22:32, 26 July 2023 |