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photo of the Temple of the Warriors in Chichen Itza after reconstruction

old photo of the Temple of the Warriors in Chichen Itza before reconstruction

old photo of the East Temple at the Ball Court in Chichen Itza, 1889

El Castillo today, shortly before they stopped people from climbing up the stairs. This prohibition was not made to protect the new stones, but to stop people from falling after a tourist fell to her death while climbing on the pyramid.)

The attendance during the event in 1975 was more than anyone expected

The newly rebuilt pyramid in 1929, in a photo taken by Charles Lindbergh

old photo of the reconstruction of the Kukulkan pyramid in Chichen Itza

old photo of the Castillo in Chichen Itza in 1922

Reconstruction began in 1910 with the building, from scratch, of a new stairway. This first attempt at rebuilding the stairs with recycled stones was later torn out and new blocks cut for the stairs.

The pyramid in 1905

The pyramid as it looked in 1860

The Maya Bee Deity, Muzen Cab

The Postclassic Descending God appearing as Xux Ek, the Wasp Star

The rendering of El Castillo done by Catherwood in 1841 that appeared in Stevens’ book Incidents of Travel in Yucatán

The report H. L. Thompson made, telling of how he claimed Cozumel for the new nation of Texas in 1837