Page 14 - Southern Exposure - July '23

Page 14, Southern Exposure

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Chichén Itzá: One Of The New

Seven Wonders Of The World

Previously submitted by the late Don Kiselewski, MCC, D.S., Palm Beach Gardens Travel Leaders

Cut into the thick suspect the date had something
overgrowth of the flat Yucatán to do with the seven wonders).
Peninsula, 600 miles to the Egypt was not happy with the
southwest of South Florida result, and finally got their
is the Mayan city of Chichén Great Pyramid of Giza listed
Itzá, which in 2007 was as an “Honorary Candidate”
proclaimed one of the “New … always a bridesmaid.
7 Wonders of the World.” Chichén Itzá, the name for
The prestigious title was this ancient city, was derived
bestowed by the New Seven from the geography of the
Wonders Foundation, a Swiss Mexican Yucatán Peninsula.
corporation. The organization The peninsula is flat with
announced the competition in 2001 and after some 200 no rivers or lakes, and so
worldwide applications, 21 finalists were chosen for a vote obtaining a life-sustaining
in 2006. The winners were announced on 7/7/07 (I would water source necessary meant
going underground. The spot
for the city was chosen because
of a large sinkhole that filled Like the Temple of Kukulkan, the Temple of the Warriors in Chichén Itzá was constructed
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with ground water. In Mayan, atop an older structure.
chi means “mouths” and chen
means “well,” Itza was the name of the dominant ethnic group leaving standing water. To allow unchallenged movement
that controlled the northern portion of the peninsula. The between areas, sacbeob were constructed. A sacbe, or “white
combination translates to “the people who lived at the mouth road” as they are sometimes called, was made by clearing
of the well.” Itza is derived from Itz (meaning “magic”) and a the area between two destinations and then elevating the path
(meaning “water”) – combining them makes “magic water.” with rock, building a roadway several feet higher than what
Although the area was inhabited by the Mayans since the high water could rise to in the area. Sand and fine stones
1500 B.C., they did not start grouping into a city-type filled the upper layer that when tamped formed a hard surface
complex until around sixth century A.D. This period also road. There are approximately 100 sacbeob crisscrossing the
saw the first principal transportation routes within the city site and extending in many directions to other cities.
and to the other villages and cities in the Mayan world.
During the wet season on the peninsula, the land floods, Travel on page 16
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