Everyone knows the name of the Mayan site in the north of Yucatán with the mighty Pyramid El Castillo.

Chichén Itzá popularity stands in stark contrast to the comparatively little knowledge that archaeologists and anthropologists have been able to collect on the site’s history. Presumably founded around 450, the “place at the fountains of the Itzae” – so the vague translation of the name – reached its heydays only in the 10th century. (read more …)