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Mexico City, Mexico
Chichén Itzá AR
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Cultural Fact
Chichén Itzá is a complex of Mayan
ruins on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.
A massive step pyramid, known as El
Castillo or Temple of Kukulcan,
dominates the ancient city,
which thrived from around
600 A.D. to the 1200s. Graphic
stone carvings survive at structures
like the ball court, Temple
of the Warriors and the Wall of the Skulls.