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A German tourist was arrested and attacked by locals after he illegally scaled the side of the Temple of Kukulcan in Yucatan, Mexico — a popular landmark at spring equinox that has been named a UNESCO World Heritage site and is known as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://people.com/tourist-attacked-by-locals-after-climbing-forbidden-mayan-temple-mexico-11701730


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[–] AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i got to climb kukulkan at chichen iza and... i forget the temple name at uxmal (and also go into the tulum ruins... though there isnt a tall temple like this there) back in the 90's as well - i agree that it really took its toll on the ruins, but also have to say looking off the top of them was incredible.

i can remember people having picnics half way up kukulkan and some using it for running exercise up-and-down the steps.

[–] EchoCranium@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

The view definitely was really great. Only a small portion of the ruins had been uncovered that tourists like myself could walk through, but from up on the temple you could see an expanse of other buildings poking up out of the jungle. Chichen Itza was a huge city; the view made me wish I could go back in time to walk around to see everything as it had been before the jungle reclaimed it.