Central American Art

Artwork Of The Week: 2 September 2019

The Artwork Of The Week this week is the Mayan step pyramid at Chichen Itza, the Temple of Kukulkan.

Daniel Schwen [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)] Wikimedia

Temple of Kukulkan, 8th-12th century CE. Within the Mayan site of Chichen Itza. Limestone step pyramid, 24m tall without the temple on top (30m tall with the temple) with a square base of 55.3m x 55.3m (181ft x 181ft). Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.