﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:48:10 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=735&amp;ctl=rss&amp;mid=2182&amp;galleryid=87&amp;language=en-US</link><atom:link href="https%3a%2f%2fsfo.ssl.berkeley.edu%2fDefault.aspx%3fTabId%3d735%26ctl%3drss%26mid%3d2182%26galleryid%3d87%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/Platform-of-Venus/emodule/2182/eitem/637</link><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="https://sfo.ssl.berkeley.edu/Portals/0/EasyGalleryImages/24/87/1114a_venus.jpg" length="1433798"></enclosure><description><![CDATA[The Platform of Venus sits near the exit from the main plaza of Chichen Itza going north toward the Sacred Cenote. It has a square base with four balustraded stairways whose serpent heads mark the ascent to the surface of the platform. The engravings on the platform's walls depict Quetzalcoatl-Kukulcan, the central Mexican plumed serpent god and its Yucatecan counterpart, as Venus.For the Maya at Chichen Itza, the planet Venus was extremely important, both religiously and astronomically, and was seen as an astral body that guided and protected the movements of the Maya. Astronomers meticulously charted the apparent motion of Venus, and made extensive tabulations about its cycles, some of which have been preserved in the Dresden and Grolier Codices, Mayan sacred books.  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