Chichen Itza: Mayan Culture
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During their recent trip to Mexico, President Gordon B. Hinckley and his wife, Marjorie, took time from their busy schedule to visit the remnants of the ancient Mayan civilization.
They visited one of the most important of Mayan archaeological sites, Chichen Itza, on the Yucatan Peninsula, which was constructed between the 10th and 13th centuries by a highly skilled civilization. At one time, the sacred city of the Itza people consisted of hundreds of structures in a six-square mile area.Although the Itza people reached great heights in architecture and science, their worship was of a degraded nature, such that some archeologists say that it led to the demise of the civilization.
President and Sister Hinckley were accompanied by Elder L. Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve and his wife, Barbara, and Elder Carl B. Pratt of the Seventy and his wife, Karen. A number of local leaders also accompanied them to the site.
