﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Sun, 09 Aug 2026 01:29:57 GMT--><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Multiverse</title><link>https://sfo.ssl.berkeley.edu/Default.aspx?TabId=726&amp;ctl=rss&amp;mid=2174&amp;galleryid=78&amp;language=en-US</link><atom:link href="https%3a%2f%2fsfo.ssl.berkeley.edu%2fDefault.aspx%3fTabId%3d726%26ctl%3drss%26mid%3d2174%26galleryid%3d78%26language%3den-US" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><title><![CDATA[]]></title><link>https://sfo.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Images/Photos/Places/Chichen-Itza/Chacmool/emodule/2174/eitem/493</link><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="https://sfo.ssl.berkeley.edu/Portals/0/EasyGalleryImages/24/78/1101a_chacmool.JPG" length="1321641"></enclosure><description><![CDATA[Chac Mool is the term given to these three-dimensional reclining figures on top of the temples. The chac mool rests on his elbows and supports in his hands a disc for ritual offerings. He looks 90º away from what he is holding. The chac mool's association in central Mexico is with human sacrifice, and in this position he would be ready with a sacrificial platter to receive the still beating heart of the sacrificed. There is no direct evidence that such practices were carried out at Chichén Itzá, but given its close ties with Tula and the Toltec influence seen at Chichén Itzá, scholars wonder whether the practice carried over.These chac mool figures have been found across Mesoamerica, from central Mexico to present-day El Salvador, since the Terminal Classic period (c. 800-925 AD) and even after the Spanish conquest. The best known, however, are from Chichén Itzá and Tula, and here at Chichén, represent the Toltec influence on the Maya.  (Image Credit: Michelle Williamson, Ideum) ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2018 18:12:26 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://sfo.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Images/Photos/Places/Chichen-Itza/Chacmool/emodule/2174/eitem/493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[]]></title><link>https://sfo.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Images/Photos/Places/Chichen-Itza/Chacmool/emodule/2174/eitem/494</link><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="https://sfo.ssl.berkeley.edu/Portals/0/EasyGalleryImages/24/78/1101b_chacmool.JPG" length="1552883"></enclosure><description><![CDATA[Detail of the face of a chac mool, atop the Pyramid of the Warriors.  (Image Credit: Jim Spadaccini, Ideum) ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2018 18:12:27 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://sfo.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Images/Photos/Places/Chichen-Itza/Chacmool/emodule/2174/eitem/494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[]]></title><link>https://sfo.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Images/Photos/Places/Chichen-Itza/Chacmool/emodule/2174/eitem/495</link><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="https://sfo.ssl.berkeley.edu/Portals/0/EasyGalleryImages/24/78/1101d_chacmool.JPG" length="2020685"></enclosure><description><![CDATA[Feathered serpent columns that once supported a massive wooden lintel and formed the entrance to the summit temple on top of the Temple of the Warriors.  (Image Credit: Jim Spadaccini, Ideum) ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2018 18:12:27 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://sfo.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Images/Photos/Places/Chichen-Itza/Chacmool/emodule/2174/eitem/495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[]]></title><link>https://sfo.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Images/Photos/Places/Chichen-Itza/Chacmool/emodule/2174/eitem/496</link><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="https://sfo.ssl.berkeley.edu/Portals/0/EasyGalleryImages/24/78/1101e_chacmool.JPG" length="1947072"></enclosure><description><![CDATA[These square columns once held up the beam-and-mortar roof of the summit temple.  (Image Credit: Michelle Williamson, Ideum) ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2018 18:12:27 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://sfo.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Images/Photos/Places/Chichen-Itza/Chacmool/emodule/2174/eitem/496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chac-Mool flanked by feathered serpents faces the setting Zenith Sun. ]]></title><link>https://sfo.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Images/Photos/Places/Chichen-Itza/Chacmool/emodule/2174/eitem/497</link><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="https://sfo.ssl.berkeley.edu/Portals/0/EasyGalleryImages/24/78/IMGP3076.JPG" length="6084936"></enclosure><description><![CDATA[This Chac-Mool statue at Chichen Itza is located on the top level of the Temple of the Warriors. It is situated in front of two stone columns representing the deity of the feathered serpent K&#39;uk&#39;ulkan.(Image credit: Bryan Mendez, UC Berkeley) ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2018 18:12:28 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://sfo.ssl.berkeley.edu/Calendar-in-the-Sky/Images/Photos/Places/Chichen-Itza/Chacmool/emodule/2174/eitem/497</guid></item></channel></rss>