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The Observatory - Chichen Itza

You can recognize the shape of a modern Astronomical Observatory and actually El Caracol (The snail) -called that because of its spiral staircase, was an astronomical observatory in Mayan times.

The various slits in the walls correspond to the positions of certain celestial bodies on key dates in Maya Calendar.

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Uploaded on April 14, 2016