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The Temple of the Warriors is flanked by the Thousand Columns.
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The Temple of the Warriors is flanked by the Thousand Columns.
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Chichen Itza, on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, is dominated by gray limestone that was cut by hand and moved without any wheels.
Once home to 30,000 people, Chichen Itza was the last major city developed by the Mayans and was certainly one of Mexico’s grandest cities for nine centuries.