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Chichén
Itzá, State Quintana Roo, México El Castillo (Kukulcan Temple): North Staircase Early Postclassic (900-1200 AD) XI-XIII centuries AD |
Comments: One of Mesoamerica's great gods, "Plumed Serpent" Ku- kulcan (or Quetzalcoatl) is a miraculous synthesis of rattlesnake (coatl) and emerald plumed bird (quetzal). Two plumed serpents' heads with visible scales-feathers flank the base of North Staircase of El Castillo. |
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