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El Tajín, Veracruz, México.

El Tajín is a pre-Columbian archeological site and one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica. A part of the Classic Veracruz culture, El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 C.E. and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built.[1] From the time the city fell, in 1230, to 1785, no European seems to have known of its existence, until a government inspector chanced upon the Pyramid of the Niches.[2]

El Tajín was named a World Heritage site in 1992, due to its cultural importance and its architecture.[3] This architecture includes the use of decorative niches and cement in forms unknown in the rest of Mesoamerica.[4] Its best-known monument is the Pyramid of the Niches, but other important monuments include the Arroyo Group, the North and South Ballcourts and the palaces of Tajín Chico.[5] In total there have been 20 ballcourts discovered at this site, (the last 3 being discovered in March 2013).[6] Since the 1970s, El Tajin has been the most important archeological site in Veracruz for tourists, attracting over 650,000 visitors a year.[7]

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El Tajín, Veracruz, México

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Teotihuacan, Estado de México, México

Teotihuacán[1] [teotiwa'kan] was a city in pre-Columbian America. At the time it was most populated, it was the largest known city there. This was from about the 1st century to about the 5th century.

The civilization and culture lived around this city is also called Teotihuacán. Its important position can be seen in various sites in Veracruz, and the area controlled by the Maya civilization.
The city is about 40km away from Mexico City in the State of Mexico. It is about 83 km² in surface. It was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.

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Teotihuacan's Murals

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Neolithic Orkney
Five thousand years ago, in the far north of Scotland, the prehistoric people of the Orkney Islands began constructing some extraordinary monuments out of stone. The Heart of Neolithic Orkney is a series of important domestic and ritual monuments. They lie in a wider archaeological landscape rich with remains from both the Neolithic and many later periods of Orcadian history.

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