UFS111-3rd Reflection

Macchu Picchu & Chichen Itza

 The Macchu Picchu and Chichen itza known as the lost city and the lost temple. Macchu Picchu of Incans sites constructed around 1450 A.D, and it's was abandoned than 100 years later and was never discovered by invading Spanish.It's located at Winay Wayna. The Chichen Itza was a major focal point in the northern Maya lowlands from the Late Classic through the Terminal Classic and into the early portion of the Early Postclassic period.It's found in Mexico.
  The Macchu Picchu and Chichen Itza has a similarities in between, they have two monumen that the pre-columbian archeological sites built.Macchu Picchu and Chichen Itza also are both is has a religions sites. Their similarities also is they had a temple of Chac Mool and both of them is Temple of the sun also for the Macchu picchu is tourism industry.
  In addition, Macchu Picchu and chichen Itza has a difference that, Macchu Picchu was surrounded three side by rapids of the Urubamba River whichwas surrounded by argricultural terrace sufficient to feed the population and watered from holy spring. It's sit on the ridge of  foot of a hill called Huayna picchu. Explorer believed that the fact of the people at that city had three large windows thats rare feature in Inca architectural and was evidence of the city is importance for the Inca. Their religion was used during Inca times. The skeletal remain of ten females to one male had led to the casual assumption that have been santuary for the training of priestesses or brides for the Inca nobility.
  Other than that, the Intihuatana designed to hitch the sun at two equinoxes, not at soltice. Intihuatana's stone were the supremly sacred object of the Inca people and were systematically searched for destroy the spaniards. But, it's never found in Macchu Picchu even they suspected it's existence thus the Intihuatana's stone and it's residence spirit remain their original position.
  The Chichen Itza means is ' in the mouth at the Itzae's well '. This temple was divided into two principle area, Chichen viejo cold by Maya and and governed by the priest. chchen Nuevo is rebuilt by Itza and was Characterized image of God Kukulcan the plumed surpent. Chichen Itza is large city with a great many innhabitans, distributed around the architectural nuclei which observed ruins that had a relatively as access to water coming from the various caves and cenotes of the region.
  It's can observed gradual change in Puuc style and shaared with Uxmal and other sites in Penninsula and cluminating with the so-called Mayan Toltac style. Beside, It's religious and military power in Yucatan. Their politically and commercially more agrasive than earlier Maya rules and the city history under their rule was marked by many bloody battles. 

 The Similarities Of  Macchu Picchu And Chichen Itza

• Both are highly mysterious which appeals to guests
• Two monumen is pre-columbian archeologist sites built
• Both are religious site
• Had a temple Chac Mool for both of them.Known as temple of the sun

                            The Drifference Between Macchu Picchu And Chichen Itza                  

Macchu Picchu

• Surrounded 3 sides rapids of the Urubamba River.Its sit on ridge at the foot of a hill called Huayna Picchu
• Had 3 larger windows. Explorer believed that the fact of  the temple at Macchu Picchu had 3 large window, a rare feature in Inca architecture was evidence of the city importance to the Inca.
• Social religious. It's used the site during Inca times.
• The Intihuatana designed. It's to hitch the sun at the sun at the 2 equinoxes
• Sparniards never found Macchu Picchu even they suspected it's existence.

Chichen Itza

• Divided into two principle area, the Chichen Viejo and Chichen Nuevo.
• Large city with a great many inhabitans, distributed around the architectural nuclei wivh observed as ruin, that had relatively access to water coming from the various caves and cenotes of the region.
• Can observed gradual change in style ( Puuc style) and shared with Uxmal and other sites in Penninsula also cluminating with so-called Mayan Toltac style.
• Religious and military power in Yucatan.
• Politically and commercially more agresive than earlier Maya rules and the city history under their rule was marked by many bloody battels.

 Between the two of that lost city, i choose the Chichen Itza. The reason is because, Chichen Itza is the most impressive and intact ruins of Mayan civilization that the modern world has. This now popular tourist attraction is located on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and has fast become the best restored record of the spiritual, domestic, and agricultural lives of these people. Beside, the Mayan ruins in central America, such as Chichen Itza, are remnants of cities that were abandoned long before Columbian reached the area,yet this culture has influenced many areas of architecture, art, and astronomy, that live on even in our modern world. In additional, the Mayan people are most famous for their brilliant and advanced astronomical knowledge and their resiliency.Moerover, the intihuatana's  Stone remnants of their civilization are currently being preserved at various sites in Mexico; in Tilkal, Guatemala; in Altun Ha, Belize; and in Copan, Honduras.Other than that,  Mayan civilization spread from their original on the Yucatan Peninsula to the rain forests of Mexico eastward and the other surrounding countries.