Marianne Fredericks

New York vibes 🌆 I haven’t been in a long time. My favorite part of that city is the MET museum, and Central Park across the street. I almost didn’t board my plane because all the historical artifacts housed there. #city #portrait #portraitphotography #sandiego #downtownsandiego #gaslamp #gaslampsandiego #fashion #louisvuitton #blackandwhitephotography (at San Diego, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkmBRnRSxN9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I already gave a history lesson a couple months ago for Chichen Itza, last time I was there. The pyramid I’m standing in front of is named El Castillo, another name being the temple of Kulkulcán. (The Maya’s version of the feathered serpent.) During the spring and autumn equinox, the shadows casted from the stairs to the pyramid follow the head of the plumed serpent’s statue at the bottom of the steps. The shadows shift up and down with the light resembling a silhouette of the serpent along the pyramid. 🐍 Another highly important figure at this site was the rain god, Chaac. Theories to why the Mayas left Chichen Itza has to do with drought, being that they were not near a body of water other than cenotes depending on rain- it’s only fitting they focused and praised the rain deity in this time. There is a sacred cenote nearby that has artifacts used in ritual- thrown in to the waters along with sacrifice for the rain god Chaac. (It just so happened that it was raining the morning of this photo, the gods might be delayed lol. 🤗 🌧) #chichenitza #elcastillo #maya #mayan #history #archaeology #pyramids #travelblogger #travelblog #mayanpyramids #travel (at Chichén-Itzá) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYHrAokvki4/?utm_medium=tumblr

Merry Christmas!! ☃️🎄❤️ #merrychristmas #christmas #snow #photoshoot #photography #princess #ballgown #gown #sandiego (at San Diego, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CX6oCMXPqQq/?utm_medium=tumblr

Can I go back already? #cancun #chichenitza #history #maya #mayans #mayan #travel #travelblog #travelblogger #chichenitzá #mayanpyramids #elcastillo #mexico (at Chichén-Itzá) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXwmZW9PM2-/?utm_medium=tumblr

Chichen itza, we meet again. 😌🥰❤️ #chichenitza #chichenitzá #mexico #pyramid #travel #travelblog #travelphotography #travelblogger #mayanpyramids #maya #mayan #mayanruins #toltec (at Cancún, Quintana Roo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXmpZbnJvR3/?utm_medium=tumblr

Here’s the rest of the Chichen Itza photos 🙌 Mari fun fact: The temple pictured here is at the center of Chichen Itza, known as El Castillo. It was worshipped for the deity Kukulkan, the feathered serpent. The pyramid rises 79 feet above the main plaza, each side containing ninety-one steps to the top. When counting the top platform, the total number of stairs is three hundred and sixty-five, the number of days in a year. #chichenitza #maya #mayan #travel #travelphotography #travelblogger #pyramid #historychannel #discoverychannel #travelchannel #natgeo #nationalgeographic #archaeology #history #mexico #yucatan (at Chichén-Itzá) https://www.instagram.com/p/CS2GzbvFETI/?utm_medium=tumblr

I don’t know which photos to post at Chichen Itza! I took so many, lol! I just want to catch up so I don’t scramble new content with it. 🙂 I’ll copy the same text about this site from my previous post, in case you didn’t get to read it yet! 📖✨ The Mayan city of Chichen Itza covered 2 square miles, with a connecting network of nearly 100 roadways. Steam baths, paved streets, marketplace, a sacred cenote, ball court, and other qualities of Chichen Itza show it had much to offer to the Itzá people. This is where the largest ball court in Mesoamerica was found- at 316 feet long, and 98 feet wide. (Remember my previous post mentioning the game Pok-ta-pok?) The main temple pictured here is called El Castillo, another name being The Temple of Kulkulkan. (A Mayan deity resembling Quetzalcoatl, a feathered serpent.) Like Tulum, the temples were once painted in brightly decorated colors. The base of El Castillo has a beautiful “picket fence effect” (PFE): a tonal echo effect that locals are keen to show anyone visiting, and like to say it sounds like bird chirps at the clap of a hand. Another part of Chichen Itza to mention is the sacred cenote. This cenote helped give insight to the sacrifices and rituals that occurred here. Discovered in the waters were gold, copper, obsidian, turquoise, jade, wooden objects, as well as human remains. At Chichen Itza’s height, it is believed as many as 50,000 people inhabited the city. When the Spanish conquistadors arrived in the 16th century, they used Chichen Itza as a temporary capitol. #chichenitza #maya #mayan #travel #travelphotography #travelblogger #pyramid #historychannel #discoverychannel #travelchannel #natgeo #nationalgeographic #archaeology #history #mexico #yucatan (at Chichén-Itzá) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSzoU3YpoHk/?utm_medium=tumblr

Chichen Itza! Oh how I wish I had more time there. The Mayan city of Chichen Itza covered 2 square miles, with a connecting network of nearly 100 roadways. Steam baths, paved streets, marketplace, a sacred cenote, ball court, and other qualities of Chichen Itza show it had much to offer to the Itzá people. This is where the largest ball court in Mesoamerica was found- at 316 feet long, and 98 feet wide. (Remember my previous post mentioning the game Pok-ta-pok?) The main temple pictured here is called El Castillo, another name being The Temple of Kulkulkan. (A Mayan deity resembling Quetzalcoatl, a feathered serpent.) Like Tulum, the temples were once painted in brightly decorated colors. The base of El Castillo has a beautiful “picket fence effect” (PFE): a tonal echo effect that locals are keen to show anyone visiting, and like to say it sounds like bird chirps at the clap of a hand. Another part of Chichen Itza to mention is the sacred cenote. This cenote helped give insight to the sacrifices and rituals that occurred here. Discovered in the waters were gold, copper, obsidian, turquoise, jade, wooden objects, as well as human remains. At Chichen Itza’s height, it is believed as many as 50,000 people inhabited the city. When the Spanish conquistadors arrived in the 16th century, they used Chichen Itza as a temporary capitol. #chichenitza #maya #mayan #travel #travelphotography #travelblogger #pyramid #historychannel #discoverychannel #travelchannel #natgeo #nationalgeographic #archaeology #history #mexico #yucatan (at Chichén-Itzá) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSxRwWPhQUX/?utm_medium=tumblr

Chichen Itza! Oh how I wish I had more time there. The Mayan city of Chichen Itza covered 2 square miles, with a connecting network of nearly 100 roadways. Steam baths, paved streets, marketplace, a sacred cenote, ball court, and other qualities of Chichen Itza show it had much to offer to the Itzá people. This is where the largest ball court in Mesoamerica was found- at 316 feet long, and 98 feet wide. (Remember my previous post mentioning the game Pok-ta-pok?) The main temple pictured here is called El Castillo, another name being The Temple of Kulkulkan. (A Mayan deity resembling Quetzalcoatl, a feathered serpent.) Like Tulum, the temples were once painted in brightly decorated colors. The base of El Castillo has a beautiful “picket fence effect” (PFE): a tonal echo effect that locals are keen to show anyone visiting, and like to say it sounds like bird chirps at the clap of a hand. Another part of Chichen Itza to mention is the sacred cenote. This cenote helped give insight to the sacrifices and rituals that occurred here. Discovered in the waters were gold, copper, obsidian, turquoise, jade, wooden objects, as well as human remains. At Chichen Itza’s height, it is believed as many as 50,000 people inhabited the city. When the Spanish conquistadors arrived in the 16th century, they used Chichen Itza as a temporary capitol. #chichenitza #maya #mayan #travel #travelphotography #travelblogger #pyramid #historychannel #discoverychannel #travelchannel #natgeo #nationalgeographic #archaeology #history #mexico #yucatan (at Chichén-Itzá) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSxRHoUh8WR/?utm_medium=tumblr

I stole my dad’s hat since my forehead started to get burnt lol I need to bathe in sunblock. ✨📖 The historical site of “Zama” which means dawn in Mayan language- is known today as Tulum. (Circa 13th- 16th century.) Tulum was another port city dedicated to the planet Venus: a deity with dual nature- that of the morning and evening star. The community was a commercial port for products as far away as Central America, the pacific/ gulf coasts, and central Mexico. The people of Tulum stuck to the coasts in their canoes, along with land routes for trade. The temples you see in these photos would have been painted with bright colors, and decorated with elaborate sculptures. The Mayans frequently repainted, or touched up the existing murals inside- replacing them with new designs and themes.. perhaps commemorative of the 20 year period known to the Mayas as “Katún”. Builders intentionally oriented the structures towards the sunrise, to register solar phenomenons such as solstices and equinoxes. All of which were important events for initiating agricultural activities. Politics, religious rituals, the arts, astronomy (especially pertaining to the planet Venus- the morning and evening star that represents Kulkulkan- the Mayan’s Quetzalcoatl) were important aspects of the site at Tulum. Their society was divided in to four groups: governors/ nobility, specialized artisans, workers, and slaves. The wall surrounding Tulum also helped to divided the elite class, and common people- who lived outside the 3 sided wall. The open end of the wall faced the ocean, atop a 39 ft high cliff that offered a natural protection. The city of Tulum was abandoned a few years after the Spanish colonization, at the end of the 16th century. #tulum #zama #mexico #mayans #mayas #maya #history #archaeology #pyramid #pyramids #historychannel #nationalgeographic #natgeo #discoverychannel #travelchannel #travel #travelphotography #travelblogger #traveling (at Tulúm, Quintana Roo, México) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSaXI-6JaDs/?utm_medium=tumblr

The historical site of “Zama” which means dawn in Mayan language- is known today as Tulum. (Circa 13th- 16th century.) Tulum was another port city dedicated to the planet Venus: a deity with dual nature- that of the morning and evening star. The community was a commercial port for products as far away as Central America, the pacific/ gulf coasts, and central Mexico. The people of Tulum stuck to the coasts in their canoes, along with land routes for trade. The temples you see in these photos would have been painted with bright colors, and decorated with elaborate sculptures. The Mayans frequently repainted, or touched up the existing murals inside- replacing them with new designs and themes.. perhaps commemorative of the 20 year period known to the Mayas as “Katún”. Builders intentionally oriented the structures towards the sunrise, to register solar phenomenons such as solstices and equinoxes. All of which were important events for initiating agricultural activities. Politics, religious rituals, the arts, astronomy (especially pertaining to the planet Venus- the morning and evening star that represents Kulkulkan- the Mayan’s Quetzalcoatl) were important aspects of the site at Tulum. Their society was divided in to four groups: governors/ nobility, specialized artisans, workers, and slaves. The wall surrounding Tulum also helped to divided the elite class, and common people- who lived outside the 3 sided wall. The open end of the wall faced the ocean, atop a 39 ft high cliff that offered a natural protection. The city of Tulum was abandoned a few years after the Spanish colonization, at the end of the 16th century. #tulum #zama #mexico #mayans #mayas #maya #history #archaeology #pyramid #pyramids #historychannel #discoverychannel #travelchannel #travel #travelphotography #travelblogger #traveling (at Tulúm, Quintana Roo, México) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSaDhsshUp1/?utm_medium=tumblr