Palenque, Maya archaeological ruin, Chiapas, Mexico

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Steps of the platform for the Temple of the Cross, viewed from the Temple of the Foliated Cross at Palenque, a Mayan archaeological ruin site in Chiapas, Mexico. The City was first settled in first century AD, flourished from 600 AD to 1000 AD and was long abandoned when the Spanish arrived in 1519, Palenque,a Maya archaeological ruin site and Museum, in Chiapas State, Mexico is one of Mesoamerica's most important , pre-Hispanic or pre Columbian archaeological ruin sites

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Location: Palenque,Maya archaeological ruin, Chiapas, Mexico
Photo credit: © David Hilbert / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: archaeological, chiapas, cross, maya, mayan, mexico, palenque, ruin, site, temple