The piramids in Mesoamerica reflect the chirp of the quetzal birds. Clap your hands in front of the Temple of Kukulcan in Chichen Itza and the echo comes back as a chirp. The builders intentionally built the temples to do this. This spans several sites including Uxmal, Chichen Itza, and Teotihuacan to name a few….
Month: December 2010
Ancient Maya Temples Acoustics
As anyone who has visited the ancient Mayan and Aztec sites in Mexico might have noticed, in most of the places the architecture of the buildings produce the effect of amplifying someones voice if they speak above a certain volume. It has been built into the buildings and walls and other structures. Recently researchers have looked into this phenomenon…