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:bulletblack:Pirámide de los Nichos

Tajin is a pre Columbian archaelogic site in Veracruz city (México) and this is the Pyramid of the Niches. Tajin, means "place of thunder" in the Totonac language.
The pyramid has 6 terraces with some 60 feet high. The terraces are of well cut stone forming a series of 365 niches. A staircase rises up the pyramid's east side. Originally the pyramid was topped by a temple, but little remains of this.

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Wow, I've been to Mexico a couple of years ago and wish I could have gone and seen some of the Mayan pyramids. I've always been curious about their ancient customs and how they lived.