Experts Thought This Ancient City Was Abandoned. But Life Still Flourished in Its Rubble for Centuries.
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Built from the bones of fallen pyramids, Ake’s homes reveal how the Maya turned ruin into revival. Even when the stone temples and impressive pyramids of Maya culture started to crumble into ruin at the end of the Classic Period, the people didn’t leave. Instead, it seems, the local population …
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