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"Equinox"--the video!

Another way to experience Equinox at Chichen Itza is through this exclusive, one-hour video tape. While easy to understand for the general public, the video accurately displays archaeoastronomical alignments in Chichen Itza which are unavailable elsewhere. Watch the setting Equinox sun pass through window #1 in the Observatory!--This is the only available video including these images. View El Castillo at the moment of Equinox from below, within, atop, and high above this pyramid, to reveal the awesome splendor of the event.

"Equinox" also contains equally beautiful segments on the nearby archaeological zone of Uxmal, which is a little over an hour by car from Piramide Inn Hotel, and Chichen Itza. Other video segments include the lush tropical rain forests of Palenque and Tikal, and the often-visited Caribbean fortress of Tulum!

Aside from its mesmerizing cinematography, "Equinox" contains much scientific, archaeological, and anthropological information which is layered within the video so as to give each viewing new meaning. And what is the meaning of Chichen Itza? Was it a city? A university? ---A ceremonial center? A cultural center? A religious retreat? Or, perhaps all of the above? Judge for yourself.

Equinox, the Mayan Astronomers, has never been televised and is only currently available right here on the web through this offer. The normal $34.50 U.S. price will be automatically reduced to $30 U.S. including shipping anywhere in the world. Just fill out our web form, or tell us you saw it on the web!

Barry Hood, Producer, "Equinox"

Equinox: The Mayan Archaeoastronomers

60 minute color video
AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH & SPANISH LANGUAGE
NTSC, PAL AND SECAM

$30 including shipping!

View the Mayan wonders of Chichen Itza, Tulum, Palenque, Tikal, Uxmal! See previously unphotographed astronomical alignments unavailable in any other video! And these alignments are explained in common terms. Perfect for the Yucatan tourist, and the amateur or professional Archaeologist alike! An incredibly beautiful and captivating video which you will watch again and again!

"EQUINOX" examines the interweaving of Mayan culture, architecture and religion. We discover a unique relation with Mayan building and the universe. Mayan Astronomers built their ceremonial centers precisely in alignment with the rising and setting of the Sun, moon, stars, and planets! And in Mexico's showcase archaeological zone of Chichen Itza, they built a 25 meter high stone pyramid which is actually a giant calendar!

Twice yearly at the solar Equinox, thousands flock to see the spectacular "serpent of light and shadow" at Chichen Itza. A rattlesnake light projection forms on the pyramid's staircase. At the "observatory" the sun sets through a slender opening on the evening of Equinox. This video contains the only available footage of these effects.

The story is told in an easily understood, yet scientific manner, through original musical composition, smoothly flowing cinematography and factual and delightfully poetic script.

 


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