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The Olmec colossal heads are stone representations of human heads sculpted from large basalt
boulders. They range in height from 1.17 to 3.4 metres. The heads date from at least 900 BC and are a
distinctive feature of the Olmec civilization of ancient Mesoamerica.
An artisan is a skilled craft worker who makes or creates material objects partly or entirely by hand.
The Yucatán Peninsula separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea, encompassing 3 Mexican
states, plus portions of Belize and Guatemala. On the Caribbean, Mexico's Riviera Maya resort strip is
bookended by 2 popular destinations: Cancún, with its high-rise hotels and nightlife, and, down the
coast, quieter Tulum, a rare seaside example of the Mayan ruins found throughout the peninsula's
interior.
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Chichen Itza was one of the largest Maya cities and it was likely to have been one of the mythical great
cities, or Tollans, referred to in later Mesoamerican literature.
Chichen Itza is one of the most visited archaeological sites in Mexico with over 2.6 million tourists in
2017.
Don Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca (/kɔːrˈtɛs/; Spanish:
[eɾˈnaŋ koɾˈtes ðe monˈroj i piˈθaro]; 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish Conquistador who led an
expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland
Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century. Cortés was part of the generation
of Spanish colonizers who began the first phase of the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
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God pinakamalakas
The Feathered Serpent was a prominent supernatural entity or deity, found in many Mesoamerican
religions. It was called Quetzalcoatl among the Aztecs, Kukulkan among the Yucatec Maya, and
Q'uq'umatz and Tohil among the K'iche' Maya.
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