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rnetges: Engravings, engravings everywhere
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rnetges: Lots can be learned about their life style if you just look for a few minutes
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rnetges: This is the ball game player.. note the similarities w/ a hockey outfit... could Canadians have descented from Mayans???
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rnetges: Hasta la vista Mexico!!!
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rnetges: I didn't know where to look - the turquoise sea or the mayan ruins!
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rnetges: Some buildings were signed by their architects, leaving a perpetual hand mark
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rnetges: Feeling like Indiana Jones here...
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rnetges: The round dome leaves no doubt: a sacred building, to gaze at the heavens!
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rnetges: Ancient carvings, a mythical figure
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rnetges: Our guides were really knowledgable, from Maya descent
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rnetges: A discovery at every turn!
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rnetges: Little guy on top of an ancient surveyor's mark
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rnetges: Crumbling stairs to another monument
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rnetges: The same temple used for sacrifices also depicted a baby coming out of the stones... apparently this was a 'circle of life' thing.
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rnetges: The human figure was an altar for human sacrifice... creepy..
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rnetges: The jaguar and the sacred circle
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rnetges: Whatever you do, don't lose that game!
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rnetges: Ruins of Tulum
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rnetges: Tulum and the Caribbean sea
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rnetges: A mayan native poses for a picture...
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rnetges: Mayans liked ball games, similar to a basketball net...
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rnetges: Serpent head "eating the pyramid", view from the stadium
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rnetges: An altar to the jaguar god
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