This pyramid hides another pyramid
At Chichen Itza, El Castillo looks like a single monument, but inside it sits an older temple. The city did not always replace sacred buildings. Sometimes it buried them inside something grander.Chichen Itza's Pyramid Inside a Pyramid
Archaeologists found a secret core
In the 1930s, excavators found a staircase under the north side and uncovered an earlier temple within. Inside were a Chac Mool statue and a red jaguar throne with jade inlays.Chichen Itza's Pyramid Inside a Pyramid
