When the temple at top is included, it rises about 100 feet (30 meters), with each side being 180 feet (55 meters) at the base. On each of the pyramid’s four sides are 91 steps, making 364 in total.

Get facts, photos, and travel tips for Chichen Itza, a World Heritage site in Mexico, from National Geographic.

Criterion (i) : The monuments of Chichen-Itza, particularly in the northern group, which includes the Great Ball Court, the Temple of Kukulkan and the Temple of the Warriors, are among the undisputed ...

Chichen Itza has gotten a bit of a bad reputation lately. After all, it does get throngs of tourists every day. Local people ...

Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula is home to a rich history and well-preserved archaeological sites that predate the the Spanish. Explore its Mayan culture at the famous Chichen Itza and other sites ...

Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula is home to a rich history and well-preserved archaeological sites that predate the the Spanish. Explore its Mayan culture at the famous Chichen Itza and other sites ...

The temple, seen here during excavation, rests on a pyramidal foundation 37 feet high and 136 feet square at the base. The crew shown in this photograph were part of the Carnegie Institute ...

Cite: Ezra Schwartz. "The Curious Design Enigmas of Chichén Itzá's Temple of Kukulkán" 16 Mar 2018. ArchDaily.

The Temple of Kukulcán was built by the Mayans for the feathered serpent god Kukulcán between 800 and 900 A.D., according to Atlas Obscura.

The Temple of Kukulkan, the Mayan snake god, has been built on top of a natural sinkhole that is 114 feet long and is up to 65 feet deep. It is capped by 13 feet of limestone that is being washed ...