The Heritage Atlas

Heritage sites in North America

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Mexico · c. 9th–12th c. CE

Home of El Castillo, the stepped pyramid where a serpent of shadow appears at the equinox.

United States · c. 600–1300 CE

Stone cliff dwellings like Cliff Palace, tucked under sandstone overhangs in Colorado.

Mexico · c. 1st–6th c. CE

One of the largest cities in the world in the first centuries CE, laid out along the Avenue of the Dead.

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