El Castillo, Chichen Itza
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El Castillo, also known as the Temple of Kukulcan, is a Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán. The temple building
North-west view of El Castillo
The Red Jaguar Throne found in what is described as the throne room of the Temple of Kukulcán at the Chichen Itza archaeological site.
Aerial view of the Temple of Kukulcán
North side of the Temple of Kukulcán
Pre-Columbian era
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In the history of the Americas, pre-Columbian era, also known as pre-contact era, pre-Hispanic or as pre-Cabraline era, spans from the initial peopling of the Americas in the Upper Paleolithic to the
El Castillo, Chichen Itza
…site in the Mexican state of Yucatán. The temple building is more formally designated by archaeologists as Chichen Itza Structure 5B18. Built by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization sometime between the 8th and 12th centuries CE, the building served as a temple to the deity Kukulcán, the Yucatec Maya Feathered…
Artist's reconstruction of Poverty Point, 1500 BCE
Hopewell mounds from the Mound City group in Ohio
Monks Mound of Cahokia (UNESCO World Heritage Site) in summer. The concrete staircase follows the approximate course of the ancient wooden stairs.
An artistic recreation of The Kincaid site from the prehistoric Mississippian culture as it may have looked at its peak 1050–1400 CE