Serpent's head gargoyle and the Temple of Kukulkan (El Castillo) in the Chichen Itza Mayan ruins, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
"El Castillo (Spanish for "the castle"), 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 building is more formally designated by archaeologists as Chichen Itza Structure 5B18. Built by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization sometime between the 9th and 12th centuries CE, El Castillo served as a temple to the god Kukulkan, the Yucatec Maya Feathered Serpent deity closely related to the god Quetzalcoatl known to the Aztecs and other central Mexican cultures of the Postclassic period." [source: Wikipedia]
Size: 2048px × 3072px
Location: Chichen Itza, Mayan Riviera, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Photo credit: © Sergio Azenha / Alamy / Afripics
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