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  • Archeological dig in the historic Battery section of Charleston, South Carolina where the original city wall stood to defend the city.
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  • Archeological dig in the historic Battery section of Charleston, South Carolina where the original city wall stood to defend the city.
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  • A Volador performs the sacred ceremonial Dance of the Voladores in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100407.JPG
  • Carved relief panels on the walls of the South Ballcourt at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100373.JPG
  • The Mesoamerica Pyramid Building 5 at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100362.JPG
  • A Volador performs the sacred ceremonial Dance of the Voladores in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100410.JPG
  • A Volador performs the sacred ceremonial Dance of the Voladores in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100404.JPG
  • Mesoamerica carved stone tablet on display in the museum at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100414.JPG
  • Mesoamerica sculpture on display in the museum at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100412.JPG
  • Mesoamerica pyramid called building 19 in the Arroyo Group at the pre-Columbian archeological site of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100380.JPG
  • Carved relief panels on the walls of the South Ballcourt with the Pyramid of the Niches on the left at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100372.JPG
  • Tourists walk toward the Mesoamerica Pyramid of the Niches at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100359.JPG
  • Mesoamerica Pyramid of the Niches at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100340.JPG
  • Totonacs stone sculptures from the El Zapotal archeological  site on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. The Totonac civilization were an indigenous Mesoamerican civilization dating roughly from 300 CE to about 1200 CE.
    Xalapa Mexico_20200531_036.JPG
  • A Volador performs the sacred ceremonial Dance of the Voladores in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100408.JPG
  • A Volador performs the sacred ceremonial Dance of the Voladores in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100405.JPG
  • A Voladores position themselves at the top of a thirty-meter pole to perform the sacred ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100402.JPG
  • A Voladores position themselves at the top of a thirty-meter pole to perform the sacred ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100399.JPG
  • A Volador climbs the thirty-meter pole to perform the sacred ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100398.JPG
  • A Volador climbs the thirty-meter pole to perform the sacred ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100397.JPG
  • A Voladores prepare to climb the thirty-meter pole to perform the sacred ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100396.JPG
  • Voladores perform the sacred ritual before climbing a pole for the ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100392.JPG
  • Voladores perform the sacred ritual before climbing a pole for the ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100390.JPG
  • Voladores perform the sacred ritual before climbing a pole for the ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100389.JPG
  • A Mesoamerica carved rabbit on display in the museum at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100416.JPG
  • Mesoamerica residents called Tajin Chico at the pre-Columbian archeological site of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100385.JPG
  • Mesoamerica Blue Temple Pyramid, right, and the Pyramid of the Niches, left, at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100384.JPG
  • Mesoamerica pyramid called building 16 in the Arroyo Group at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100337.JPG
  • Mesoamerica pyramid building 18 in the Arroyo Group at the pre-Columbian archeological site of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100382.JPG
  • Mesoamerica pyramid called building 19 in the Arroyo Group at the pre-Columbian archeological site of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100378.JPG
  • Carved relief panels on the walls of the South Ballcourt with the Pyramid of the Niches on the left at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100370.JPG
  • Carved relief panels on the walls of the South Ballcourt with the Pyramid of the Niches behind at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100365.JPG
  • Carved relief panels on the walls of the South Ballcourt with the Pyramid of the Niches behind at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100364.JPG
  • Carved relief panels on the walls of the South Ballcourt with the Pyramid of the Niches behind at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100363.JPG
  • The Great Xicalcoliuhqui or Great Enclosure at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100357.JPG
  • Overview of the Mesoamerica North Ballcourts at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100351.JPG
  • Mesoamerica residents called the Tajin Chico at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100348.JPG
  • Overview of the Mesoamerica Pyramids at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100346.JPG
  • Mesoamerica Pyramid Building 5 at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100344.JPG
  • Mesoamerica Pyramid Building 5 at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100339.JPG
  • Mesoamerica Blue Temple Pyramid at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100334.JPG
  • Totonacs stone sculptures from the El Zapotal archeological  site on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. The Totonac civilization were an indigenous Mesoamerican civilization dating roughly from 300 CE to about 1200 CE.
    Xalapa Mexico_20200531_035.JPG
  • Totonacs stone sculptures from the El Zapotal archeological  site on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. The Totonac civilization were an indigenous Mesoamerican civilization dating roughly from 300 CE to about 1200 CE.
    Xalapa Mexico_20200531_034.JPG
  • A Volador performs the sacred ceremonial Dance of the Voladores in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100409.JPG
  • A Voladores position themselves at the top of a thirty-meter pole to perform the sacred ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100400.JPG
  • A Voladores prepare to climb the thirty-meter pole to perform the sacred ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100395.JPG
  • A Volador climbs the thirty-meter pole to perform the sacred ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100394.JPG
  • Voladores perform the sacred ritual before climbing a pole for the ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
    Voladores Mexico_100391.JPG
  • Mesoamerica carved stone column on display in the museum at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100418.JPG
  • Mesoamerica carved stone tablet on display in the museum at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100415.JPG
  • Mesoamerica Blue Temple Pyramid, right, at the  pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100383.JPG
  • Mesoamerica pyramid called building 16 in the Arroyo Group at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100338.JPG
  • Mesoamerica pyramid called building 16 in the Arroyo Group at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100336.JPG
  • Mesoamerica pyramid called building 19 in the Arroyo Group at the pre-Columbian archeological site of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100379.JPG
  • Mesoamerica pyramid called building 16 in the Arroyo Group at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100376.JPG
  • Carved relief panels on the walls of the South Ballcourt at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100374.JPG
  • Carved relief panels on the walls of the South Ballcourt with the Pyramid of the Niches on the left at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100371.JPG
  • Carved relief panels on the walls of the South Ballcourt at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100369.JPG
  • Carved relief panels on the walls of the South Ballcourt at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100367.JPG
  • Carved relief panels on the walls of the South Ballcourt with the Pyramid of the Niches behind at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100366.JPG
  • The Mesoamerica Pyramid Building 5 at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100360.JPG
  • Mesoamerica Pyramid of the Niches at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100353.JPG
  • Details of decorated stone niches on Building C at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100347.JPG
  • Mesoamerica Pyramid of the Niches at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100345.JPG
  • Mesoamerica Pyramid of the Niches at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100343.JPG
  • Mesoamerica Pyramid of the Niches at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
    El Tajin Mexico_100342.JPG
  • Mesoamerica Pyramid of the Niches at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • Mesoamerica Blue Temple Pyramid at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • A Volador performs the sacred ceremonial Dance of the Voladores in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
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  • A Volador climbs the thirty-meter pole to perform the sacred ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
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  • Voladores perform the sacred ritual before climbing a pole for the ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
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  • Voladores perform the sacred ritual before climbing a pole for the ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
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  • Voladores perform the sacred ritual before climbing a pole for the ceremonial dance in the Parque Takilhsukut at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. The Danza de los Voladores is a indigenous Totonac ceremony involving five participants who climb a thirty-meter pole. Four of these tie ropes around their waists and wind the other end around the top of the pole in order to descend to the ground. The fifth participant stays at the top of the pole, playing a flute and a small drum. The ceremony has been inscribed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
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  • An architectural model in miniature of the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin on display in the museum in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • A Mesoamerica skeletal remains from a burial chamber on display in the museum at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • Mesoamerica pyramid called building 19 in the Arroyo Group at the pre-Columbian archeological site of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • Mesoamerica pyramid called building 19 in the Arroyo Group at the pre-Columbian archeological site of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • Carved relief panels on the walls of the South Ballcourt at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • Carved relief panels on the walls of the South Ballcourt at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • The Mesoamerica Pyramid Building 5 at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • The Great Xicalcoliuhqui or Great Enclosure at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • Mesoamerica Pyramids known as Building 23 and Building 3 at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • The Great Xicalcoliuhqui or Great Enclosure at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • Tourists view the Great Xicalcoliuhqui or Great Enclosure at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • Overview of the Mesoamerica North Ballcourts at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • Overview of the Mesoamerica North Ballcourts at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • Mesoamerica Palace of the Arts building I at the pre-Columbian archeological complex of El Tajin in Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 CE and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids were built by the Totonac people and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica.
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  • Stone sculptures from prehispanic Mesoamerican cultures on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
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  • A diorama of the prehispanic Mesoamerican Olmec cultures on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
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  • A diorama of the prehispanic Mesoamerican Olmec cultures on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
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  • Stone sculptures from prehispanic Mesoamerican cultures on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
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  • Stone sculptures from prehispanic Mesoamerican cultures on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
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  • Stone sculptures from prehispanic Mesoamerican cultures on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
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  • A fresco taken from a pyramid built by the prehispanic Mesoamerican Olmec culture on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
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  • Stone sculptures from prehispanic Mesoamerican cultures on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
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  • Stone sculptures from prehispanic Mesoamerican cultures on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
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  • Stone sculptures from prehispanic Mesoamerican cultures on display at the Museum of Anthropology in the historic center of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
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