Thousand Columns Colonnade, Chichen Itza, c. 1100 AD
Inside the Thousand Columns Colonnade — the repetition creates something almost meditative. The Maya abandoned Chichen Itza around 1200 AD, likely from drought and political collapse, but never stopped visiting. Some of these columns have been standing for 900 years. Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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