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Pyramid of the Niches (El Tajín)

Veracruz, Mexico

Step pyramid. Height: 20 m. Date: 8th century CE; the city flourished between 600 and 1200 CE.

Ritual building: the deep niches evoke caves, regarded as passages to the underworld. It has seven levels and 365 niches on the original structure; the side of the base is 35 m according to Wikipedia and 26 m according to World History Encyclopedia.

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