The cultural highlight of Mexico is the ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza. It the size of a suburt with numerous buildings spread out all over the place, at the centre is the Pyramid. Interesting fact is that it has 365 stairs going up (91 on eaach side plus the top stair) representing the days of the year. There is also the games arena where they played a kind of football and the captain of the winnning team got sacrificed. Sacrifice was a big honour. There are many sacrificial altars and carvings in stone representing death etc.
There are some interesting acoustics if one stand adjacent to the pyramid and another of the building and then make a loud clap of tthe hands. You can almost hear the sound echo off each stair going up tthe pyramid.
There are also many Mayan sites dotted over a wide area in the Yucatan province.
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