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After two years of dialogue and coordinated work between the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and ejidal authorities, the ancient Maya city of Ichkabal in Quintana Roo, Mexico, ...

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the main temple of the Aztec civilization; and the pyramids of the ancient Mayan civilization, which flourished within the rain forests of Central America. Incan and Mayan Worlds from the Sky ...