Temple 1 at Chacchoben

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Joshua J. Mark
by Betsy Mark
published on 29 January 2019
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Structure known as Temple 1 at Maya site of Chacchoben c. 700 CE. The temple is astronomically aligned to focus the first rays of dawn on the summer solstice down onto an area where once a statue or stele would have stood.

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