The Mayan people built this city in northern Mexico some 15km outside of Merida.
The doorway of the temple aligns perfectly with the position of the sun once every three months, and when it aligns the light shines straight through the middle onto the main square.
A beautiful 44m deep cenote is on this site too, it gave the people fresh water in this dry part of the peninsula. The cenote is surrounded by trees covered in wild orchid plants.
At its peak some 44,000 people lived across a 10kmsq area. Impressive stuff.
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