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  2. Uxmal - Wikipedia

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    Uxmal (Yucatec Maya: Óoxmáal [óˑʃmáˑl]) is an ancient Maya city of the classical period located in present-day Mexico.It is considered one of the most important archaeological sites of Maya culture, along with Palenque, Chichen Itza and Calakmul in Mexico, Caracol and Xunantunich in Belize, and Tikal in Guatemala.

  3. List of Maya sites - Wikipedia

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    The peoples and cultures which comprised the Maya civilization spanned more than 2,500 years of Mesoamerican history, in the Maya Region of southern Mesoamerica, which incorporates the present-day nations of Guatemala and Belize, much of Honduras and El Salvador, and the southeastern states of Mexico from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec eastwards, including the entire Yucatán Peninsula.

  4. Chichen Itza - Wikipedia

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    The ruins of Chichén Itzá are federal property, and the site's stewardship is maintained by Mexico's Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (National Institute of Anthropology and History). The land under the monuments had been privately owned until 29 March 2010, when it was purchased by the state of Yucatán.

  5. Ancient Mayan building — used by a cult 800 years ago ... - AOL

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    Some 800 years ago, a Mayan settlement flourished along the banks of the Candelaria River in Mexico. Recent excavations revealed a previously unknown circular structure in the ruins of the ...

  6. Mexico's famed Mayan ruin sites unreachable because of ... - AOL

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    Sellers at the Mayan Ruins block Chichén Itzá entrance People surround the Kukulcan Pyramid at the Mayan archaeological site of Chichén Itzá in Yucatan state of Mexico during the celebration ...

  7. Pyramid of the Magician - Wikipedia

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    The city of Uxmal was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996, as it is considered that the ruins of the ceremonial structures represent the pinnacle of late Maya art and architecture in their design, layout and ornamentation. The Pyramid of the Magician dominates the center of the complex and is located at the entrance to the central ...

  8. Ancient Mayan compartments — used to hold water — discovered ...

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    The archaeological site is located in Quintana Roo, on the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Google Translate was used to translate the news release from the Instituto Nacional de ...

  9. Mayan cities - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Maya region showing locations of some of the principal cities. Click to enlarge. Until the 1960s, scholarly opinion was that the ruins of Maya centres were not true cities but were rather empty ceremonial centres where the priesthood performed religious rituals for the peasant farmers, who lived dispersed in the middle of the jungle. [11]