Kufamba: Muna 1894 United States Consul kuYucatán, Edward Herbert Thompson, akatenga Hacienda Chichén, iyo yaisanganisira matongo eChichen Itza. Kwemakore makumi matatu, Thompson akaongorora guta rekare. Zvakawanikwa zvake zvaisanganisira kuvezwa kwekutanga kwezuva pane lintel muTembere yeKutanga Series uye kucherwa kwemakuva akati wandei muOsario (Tembere yeMupristi Mukuru). Thompson anonyanya kuzivikanwa nekuchera Cenote Sagrado (Sacred Cenote) kubva muna 1904 kusvika 1910, kwaakawana zvigadzirwa zvegoridhe, mhangura uye zvakavezwa jade, pamwe chete nemuenzaniso wekutanga wezvaifanira kunge zviri pre-Columbian Maya uye machira emapuranga. Thompson akatumira huwandu hwakawanda hwezvinhu kuPeabody Museum kuHarvard University.
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