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Judi Lynn

(160,530 posts) Mon Feb 20, 2023, 05:31 PM Feb 2023

Chichen Itza: New area discovered at Mexican historic site

Reuters • Published 12th February 2023

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Archaeologists have revealed a group of structures discovered at the famed Mayan Chichen Itza archaeological site in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, believed to have been part of a housing complex inhabited by the elite of the sacred city founded in the 5th Century AD.

Archaeologist Francisco Perez Ruiz said there were no known residential groups in Chichen Itza, meaning the housing complex would represent "the first residential group where a ruler lived with his entire family."

The area, known as Chichen Viejo, is expected to be integrated in the near future into the visitor area of the Chichen Itza archaeological site, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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The area has been under exploration since 1998. In 2018, a second pyramid was discovered hidden deep within the famous Kukulkan pyramid.

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Chichen Itza: New area discovered at Mexican historic site (Original Post) Judi Lynn Feb 2023 OP

I visited Chichen Itza years ago - it's a fascinating place. Ocelot II Feb 2023 #1

Thank for posting. A you had a great experience. See Post #2 for tourists climbing the pyramid. n/t John1956PA Feb 2023 #3

Yep, climbed to the top in 1989. sinkingfeeling Feb 2023 #4

Thanks for posting. I became fascinated with this ancient site because of "Against All Odds." John1956PA Feb 2023 #2

Thanks for posting the title. It would be great to see it for the landscape, by all means! Judi Lynn Feb 2023 #5

You are welcome. When the director pitched the idea to the studio . . . John1956PA Feb 2023 #6

Ocelot II

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1. I visited Chichen Itza years ago - it's a fascinating place.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Feb 20, 2023, 05:36 PM

Feb 2023

In those days you could climb the pyramid, which I did; it hasn't been allowed since 2008 due to worries about too much wear and tear on the structure. I get that, but I'm still glad I had the chance (and it wasn't quite as overrun by tourists then).

John1956PA

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3. Thank for posting. A you had a great experience. See Post #2 for tourists climbing the pyramid. n/t

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Mon Feb 20, 2023, 05:49 PM

Feb 2023

sinkingfeeling

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4. Yep, climbed to the top in 1989.

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Mon Feb 20, 2023, 06:23 PM

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John1956PA

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2. Thanks for posting. I became fascinated with this ancient site because of "Against All Odds."

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Mon Feb 20, 2023, 05:43 PM

Feb 2023

Jeff Bridges and Rachel Ward in "Against All Odds" (1984).

Judi Lynn

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5. Thanks for posting the title. It would be great to see it for the landscape, by all means!

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Mon Feb 20, 2023, 09:05 PM

Feb 2023

John1956PA

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6. You are welcome. When the director pitched the idea to the studio . . .

Reply to Judi Lynn (Reply #5)

Mon Feb 20, 2023, 09:59 PM

Feb 2023

. . . the executives had no conception of the Yucatan. Their reply to the director, Taylor Hackford, was something to the effect, "So, you want to film a movie in Mexico? Like, in Tijuana?"

Fortunately, Mr. Hackford prevailed, and movie fans have superb archive footage of the Yucatan, and some expository dialog explaining it's history, especially if the outtakes on the DVD are screened.

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