can8602_20, Temple of the Bearded Man, Great Ball Court, Chichen Itza, Maya Ruins, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico : 無料・フリー素材/写真
can8602_20, Temple of the Bearded Man, Great Ball Court, Chichen Itza, Maya Ruins, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico / jimg944
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| 説明 | A Walking Tour of Chichén Itzá: Chichén Itzá, one of best known archaeological sites of the Maya civilization, has a split personality. The site is located in the northern Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, about 90 miles from the coast. The south half of the site, called Old Chichén, was constructed beginning about 700 AD, by Puuc Maya emigres from the southern Yucatan. The Puuc built temples and palaces at Chichén Itzá including the Red House (Casa Colorada) and the Nunnery (Casa de las Monejas). The Toltec component of Chichén Itzá arrived from Tula about 950 AD and their influence can be seen in the the Osario (the High Priest's Grave), and the Eagle and Jaguar Platforms. Most interestingly, a cosmopolitan blending of the two created the Observatory (the Caracol) and the Temple of the Warriors.The Temple of the Bearded Man is located at the north end of the Great Ball Court, and it is called the Temple of the Bearded Man because of the several representations of bearded individuals. There are other images of the 'bearded man' in Chichén Itzá; and a famous story told about these images was confessed by the archaeologist/explorer Augustus Le Plongeon in his book Vestiges of the Maya about his visit to Chichén Itzá in 1875. "On one of the [pillars] at the entrance on the north side [of El Castillo] is the portrait of a warrior wearing a long, straight, pointed beard.... I placed my head against the stone so as to represent the same position of my face... and called the attention of my Indians to the similarity of his and my own features. They followed every lineament of the faces with their fingers to the very point of the beard, and soon uttered an exclamation of astonishment: 'Thou! Here!". Not one of the high points in archaeological history, I'm afraid. For more on the wackiness of Augustus Le Plongeon, see Romancing the Maya, a terrific book on 19th century exploration of Maya sites by R. Tripp Evans, where I found this story. Photo taken in February 1986 on Kodachrome 64 film with a Minolta SLR camera and Vivitar 70-150 zoom. Scanned 2005. Photo by: Jim Gateley. Text Copyright 2006: archaeology.about.com/mbiopage.htm used with permission. A list of references used for this project is available for further reading on Chichén Itzá. |
| 撮影日 | 1986-02-01 00:00:00 |
| 撮影者 | jimg944 , Silicon Valley, CA, USA |
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| 撮影地 | Chichén-Itzá, Yucatan, México 地図 |
| カメラ | SRT201 , Minolta |