
A new virtual wonder has sprouted from the digital landscape. A recreation of the Chichen-Itza, commissioned by the Mexico Tourism Board, and assembled in three weeks by a team led by Valiant Strangelove and Lester Nefarious, who are finishing off some of the surrounding jungle and the detail work of the surroundings.
Chichen-Itza is the most visited archaeological site in the Yucatan Peninsula. Many tourists add a day trip to their vacation to travel to the site, located approximately two hours away from Cancun and two and a half hours from Merida. The site's main attractions include El Castillo, or the Pyramid of the Serpent God Kukulkan, a magnificent pyramid topped by a temple, to which thousands of people from all over the globe flock every spring and fall equinox to witness a shadow depicting the god slither down it. Visitors can also explore the sacbes, white limestone pathways used by the ancient Mayans.
Built to scale, you should definitely take the time out to see this. You're not going to get any closer than the real thing without travelling to the Yucatan Peninsula!












1. Cool. Next I'd like someone to terraform Cahokia in Illinois. Everyone forgets about earthwork pyramids within the boundaries of the U.S. Well, maybe it's not forgetting. Maybe no one knows about them.
Posted at 1:08PM on Jun 11th 2007 by Luciftias Neurocam