Temple of the Warriors

The columns in front of the Temple of Warriors (Image Credit: Gil Mendez)

From the top of the Temple of the Warriors, El Castillo dominates the landscape. Also visible are the columns forming the square of 1,000 columns. (Image Credit: Michelle Wiliamson, Ideum)

South side of the Temple of the Warriors. Excavation of the Temple of the Warriors revealed an earlier temple built underneath it. This temple, known as the Temple of the Chacmool, was painted in murals depicting what is believed to be both ...

Ornate carvings, including these masks of the Rain God, adorn the upper facade of the Temple of the Warriors. (Image Credit: Michelle Williamson, Ideum)

Castillo, or Kukulcan Pyramid, seen from on top of the Temple of the Warriors, with some of the columns of the Thousand Column Group visible. These columns are made of series' of limestone cylinders and are carved with figures, some of them ...

The viewpoint here is eastward-looking, to the Temple of the Warriors, which stands a few hundred meters east of the Castillo. It is said that the architecture of the Temple of the Warriors resembles that of Pyramid B at Tula, the once Toltec ...

On the walls of this room indside the Temple of the Warriors, remnants of the original polychrome paint can still be seen. These murals, although now badly deteriorated, once depicted various priests seated on small benches and bearing a plate of ...

The viewpoint here is eastward-looking, to the Temple of the Warriors, which stands a few hundred meters east of the Castillo. It is said that the architecture of the Temple of the Warriors resembles that of Pyramid B at Tula, the once Toltec ...

This is the southern side of the Temple of the Warriors, upon which panoramic scenes are carved in relief. On the southern facing wall of the summit temple construction, two Chaac masks emerges from the stone, flanked on either side by dual ...

Panoramic scenes carved in relief along the south side of the Temple of the Warriors. (Image Credit: Michelle Williamson, Ideum)

Detail of the panoramic scenes carved along the south side of the Temple of the Warriors. The design that is represented in this relief shows a sacrificial act where a religious leader, or priest, wearing a Chac mask (God of Rain) feeds human ...

In this relief, we find a man emerging from the mouth of a serpent. This representation is known as the deity Man-Bird-Serpent, and it is connected with the birth of Quetzalcóalt, also known as Kukulcán (feathered serpent) among the Maya. This ...

To approach the staircase leading up the western face of the Temple of the Warriors, one must pass amidst these massive square columns, which are carved in relief on all four sides. Archaeologists identify some of the figures as officers of ...

This is believed to be a Toltec officer or warrior. The column itself is made out of contiguous slabs of stone, fitted and mounted on top of one another, but the carved image continues uninterrupted. (Image Credit: Michelle Williamson, Ideum)

Details of Temple of The Warriors (Image Credit: Bryan Mendez, UC Berkeley)

Details of the Temple of the Warriors (Image Credit: Bryan Mendez, UC Berkeley)

Details of the Temple of the Warriors (Image Credit: Bryan Mendez, UC Berkeley)

Details of the Temple of the Warriors (Image Credit: Bryan Mendez, UC Berkeley)

Details of the Temple of the Warriors (Image Credit: Bryan Mendez, UC Berkeley)

Detail of the Temple of the Warriors (Image Credit: Bryan Mendez, UC Berkeley)