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      Chichén Itzá: from page 11

      in  alignment  with  the  heavens.
      Its name means “snail” and it is
      referred to as “the observatory” with
      alignments that focus on the path of
      Venus as it moves across the sky.
         Unlike structures built out of
      stone carved from mountains,
      the building blocks for the city of
      Chichén Itzá had to come from
      below the ground. About four miles
      west of the city, a number of caves
      have been found created by the  El Caracol                                                   View of the Great Ball Court from El Castillo
      removal of building stones. Known
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      Le Plongeon were the first to excavate this figure naming it a
      chaacmol. Today it is called a chac mool.
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