HDR Panoramic VR Photography, San Francisco Bay Area, Oakland CA

Chichen Itza is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site built by the Maya civilization located in the northern center of the Yucatan Peninsula, in the Yucatan state, present-day Mexico. Click on a thumbnail image below, then click on the panorama and drag your mouse to pan. Zoom-in pressing the SHIFT key and zoom-out pressing the CTRL key.
	Ball Court At the base of these walls are slanted benches with sculpted panels depicting teams of ball players. In this panel, one of the players has been decapitated and emits seven streams of blood; six become wriggling serpents and the center becomes a winding plant** View interactively
	Caracol Interior This vantage point shows the interior column within the Caracol tower View interactively
	Caracol Observatory The Maya used the shadows inside the room cast from the angle of the sun hitting the doorway to tell when the solstices would occur** View interactively
	Interior, Temple of Kukulcan View interactively
	Mayapan View interactively
	Monjas (Nunnery) Constructed in the Puuc architectural style, the Spanish called this "The Nunnery", but it was actually a governmental palace. Just to the east is a small temple, "The Church", decorated with elaborate masks of the rain god Chaac** View interactively
	Plaza The site contains many fine stone buildings in various states of preservation; the buildings were formerly used as temples, palaces, stages, markets, baths, and ballcourts** View interactively
	Pyramid of Kukulcan Pyramid of Kukulcan at Mayapan shades well-preserved color murals View interactively
	Scanners Laser Scan of Maya Stele by staff from Insight and Chabot Space & Science Center View interactively
	Shadow of Kukulcan The pyramid of Kukulcan casts an imposing shadow in front of the Temple of the Warriors View interactively
	Temple of Kukulcan View interactively
	Temple of the Bearded Man The Temple of the Bearded Man. This small "throne" building has detailed carving on the walls, including a figure that has facial hair** View interactively
	Temple of the Warriors The Temple of the Warriors complex consists of a large stepped pyramid fronted and flanked by rows of carved columns depicting warriors. At the top of the stairway on the pyramid’s summit is a Chac Mool** View interactively
	Templo de los Retablos View interactively
	Thousand Columns The Temple of the Warriors complex consists of a large stepped pyramid fronted and flanked by rows of carved columns depicting warriors** View interactively
	Tree of Life West of Chichen Itza are a network of sacred caves known as Balankanche. In the caves, a large number of ancient pottery and idols may be seen where they were left in pre-Columbian times.** View interactively
	Upper Temple of the Jaguar The Upper Temple of the Jaguar overlooks the ball court and and is guarded by two large columns carved in feathered serpent motif** View interactively
	Venus Platform View interactively

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