{"id":451,"date":"2018-10-07T15:25:25","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T20:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/?p=451"},"modified":"2022-09-17T02:57:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T02:57:47","slug":"temple-eagles-jaguars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/temple-eagles-jaguars\/","title":{"rendered":"Temple of the Eagles and Jaguars in Chichen Itza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The Temple of the Eagles and Jaguars in <a href=\"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/\">Chichen Itza<\/a> got its name from reliefs showing Eagles and Jaguars devouring human hearts, this Temple is the smallest of the set of structures that form &#8220;the grate level plane&#8221; which includes: the <a href=\"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/kukulkan-pyramid\/\">Kukulk\u00e1n Temple<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/venus-temple-chichen-itza\/\">Venus Temple<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/great-ball-court-chichen-itza\/\">Great Ball Court<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s very likely that there would be banners in the form of jaguars with spotted skin, such as those found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/sacred-cenote-chichen-itza\/\">Sacred Cenote<\/a>. It\u2019s also assumed that on this platform there was a stockade showcasing skulls of slaughtered enemies. The outgoing body has representations of eagles and warriors that carry human heads in their hands.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Temple-of-the-Eagles-and-Jaguars-in-Chichen-Itza-from-far.jpg\" alt=\"Temple of the Eagles and Jaguars in Chichen Itza from far\" class=\"wp-image-453\"\/><figcaption>Temple of the Eagles and Jaguars in Chichen Itza from far<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Physical description of the Temple of the Eagles and Jaguars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Temple of the Eagles and Jaguars in Chichen Itza is a square base with four staircases on each side bordered by balustrades and decorated with bodies of feathered serpents, which change their slope to form a cube in the upper part from which the heads of these serpents emerge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The base has a slope, followed by a vertical wall with protruding panels and a cornice board. In the outer panels, there are reliefs of eagles eating human hearts and in the sunken spaces, beautiful representations of spotted jaguars, also devouring human hearts; you can find <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kukulkan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kukulkan<\/a> or Venus in the form of a recumbent warrior with a spear in his hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Location of the Temple of the Eagles and Jaguars in Chichen Itza<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Temple of the Eagles and Jaguars in Chichen Itza is located in the Grand Plaza between to the <a href=\"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/tzompantli-chichen-itza\/\">Tzompantli<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/venus-temple-chichen-itza\/\">Venus Temple<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1EPvsmskOPW6HkjoYj1nDUVOmSncpHxLo\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Temple of the Eagles and Jaguars in Chichen Itza got its name from reliefs showing Eagles and Jaguars devouring human hearts, this Temple is the smallest of the set of structures that form &#8220;the grate level plane&#8221; which includes: the Kukulk\u00e1n Temple, Venus Temple, and the Great Ball Court. It\u2019s very likely that there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chichen-itza-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4389,"href":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions\/4389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}