Chichen Itza: Top Photos

Mayan astronomical genius built in stone

El Castillo (pyramidd of Kukulcán) in Chichén Itzá
A wider view of El Castillo set against the flat Yucatan scrubland. From a distance you understand the scale — it dominates everything around it, which was almost certainly the point. © Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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