Seven  modern wonders of the world

Part one (pyramid of Chechen mexico )

Introduction:

As you know there was a ceremony in lisbain in 2007 without the support of unesco .

A new list of modern wonders of the world was added to the seven wonders of the ancient world and the list was refreshed . we have decided to introduct one of the modern wonders here every month.

Chichen itza ( mexice ):

Here is the center of impire of maya civilization in the year 900 .

Chichen itza was one of the most well known template in mayas time which was the center of politics and economy that time .We can mention the template of kukulcan and chac mool and thousand warriors and the play ground of prisoners , beside this temple .  we can find out that a great work wasdone to build these places to make the heads of politics and religion satisfied .

The Castillo pyramid in chichen itza is simply the symbol of admire and knewledge .

But why the chichen itza is selected as one of the modern wonders ?

this pyramid ( Castillo pyramid ) , is so well designed mathematically that attracts loads of people every year in march 21th . the people in this day would see the hidden snake of pyramid for 45 minutes . this only happens twice a year : the first day of spring and the first day of autumn .

whats this hidden snake ?

the mayas used to believe that this wasthe symbol of rain and growing the plants . the first day of spring in which the day long and night long are equal exactly at the time of sujnset , the look of the scenshine and shadows on the stairs of pyramid appears just like a snake body . the bright body of the snake looks stair for 45 minutes and then it disappears . the big stone head of the snale is always down the pyramid .

art and architecture inn chichen itza :

we can say that art and architecture in chichen itzais take from the religious rules and art ideas and it finally was declaredas arts and religious and became normalized with the changes in the society . the peaceful civilization of maya has had a great effect on their architecture .

the social life had the most effect on the architecture . it has wend down in a period of time . as it is abovious in the buildings of maya , a simple applicable art has shaped the biulings . the entrance of uaults was smaller and if they need more internal space , they would build the ceiling on two or more columns so it led to a space with columns .

the shapes of the pyramid like temples , were limited to the traditional shapes . this limitation was because of its components . but in the civil buildings , move to a moro extended spaces can be seen .

maya civilization

the maya civilization was one of the best civilizations in the middle America in the classic period . their land was in an extended place in mexica , Guatemala , Honduras and elsalbador . some people say that the historical periods of maya civilization was divided into 4 ages . the beginning age (1500 before the birth of Christ until 150 after the birth of Christ ) , the pre classice age (150 until 300 ) , the classice age (300 until 900 ) and the peak age and after classice age ( 900 until 1520 ) .