3rd Reflection

After watching the short clips on 2 famous lost world ( Machu Picchu and Chichen Itza ), there are 3 similarities that I had noticed in these two lost world. The first one is both cities are ancient stone architecture.  But in Chichen Itza, there were fine carvings on the stone unlike in Machu Picchu wheres there only stack of stone. The second similarities between the two lost world is both cities were abandoned for a long time. This is because of a theory that both cities were ruled by single- minded ruler- ruthless and became too powerful. Machu Picchu and Chichen Itza were two-made wonders of the world. Both were made by the Mayans civilization. The third similarities that I also noticed is that both cities has been colonized by Spanish and both cities also have temple wheres in Chichen Itza, the temple of Sun is still exist and same goes to Machu Picchu.


Things that have pros will always have cons that followed up. Same goes in this case. There were also differences between these two lost world. The first differences between these two lost world is the location. Machu Picchu settled high up on the mountains, while Chichen Itza is located in a vast land a midst lush greenery. The second differences between these two lost world is the way they distribute their water. In Machu Picchu, water were supplied through systematic drain-like water channels while in Chichen Itza, the residents have to get water from a large well that was present near their city. The third differences is sacrifices were practiced in Chichen Itza, but not in Machu Picchu. This can be proven by the presence of a temple-like sacrificing site in Chichen Itza.