Aedes Ars Kukulcan Temple Architectural Model Kit

Aedes Ars Kukulcán Temple SPECIFICATIONS: Approximate number of pieces: 4500 Difficulty degree: 7.5/10 Sizes: 440 x 440 x 190mm Scale: 1/175   FEATURES: These kits contain high-quality ceramic pieces (which simulate the stones and original materials), a cardboard structure, glue, scenic materials, and instructions.  Aedes Ars produces a wide range of building sets used for the scale reproduction of historical monuments such as castles, churches, bridges, and lighthouses (some are recognised World Heritage Sites), as well as diverse miniature buildings of typical country architecture. HISTORY: El Castillo (Spanish for "castle"), also known as the Temple of Kukulkán, is a Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the centre of the Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán. The building is more formally designated by archaeologists as Chichen Itza Structure 5B18. The pyramid consists of a series of square terraces with stairways up each of the four sides to the temple on top. Sculptures of plumed serpents run down the sides of the northern balustrade. During the spring and autumn equinoxes, the late afternoon sun strikes off the northwest corner of the pyramid and casts a series of triangular shadows against the northwest balustrade, which some believe creates the illusion of a feathered serpent "crawling" down the pyramid. Each of the pyramid's four sides has 91 steps which, when added together and including the temple platform on top as the final 'step', produces a total of 365 steps (which is equal to the number of days of the Haab' year). The structure is 24m high, plus an additional 6m for the temple. The square base measures 55.3m across.The Mexican government restored the pyramid in the 1920s and 1930s, concurrent with the Carnegie Institution's restoration of the Temple of Warriors. Archaeologists were able to reconstruct two sides of the pyramid in their entirety.It was not uncommon for Mesoamerican pyramids to be successi