• Yucatan, Mexico Left: Temple of the Warriors or Temple of a Thousand Columns consists of four-step platforms surrounded by round and square columns of Toltec Warrior statues. Right: The Temple of Kukulan (The Feathered Serpent God) or El Castillo (Spanish
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    Yucatan, Mexico<br />
     Left: Temple of the Warriors or Temple of a Thousand Columns consists of four-step platforms surrounded by round and square columns of Toltec Warrior statues.<br />
     Right: The Temple of Kukulan (The Feathered Serpent God) or El Castillo (Spanish for pyramid), built in the 11th-13th centuries), is 24 meters (79 feet) high, has 365 steps, and bears cosmological symbolism.<br />
     

  • Yucatan, Mexico Left: Temple of the Warriors or Temple of a Thousand Columns consists of four-step platforms surrounded by round and square columns of Toltec Warrior statues. Right: The Temple of Kukulan (The Feathered Serpent God) or El Castillo (Spanish

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