Indian architects and sculptors of the American tropics in prehistoric times had strikingly original ideas. On the cover you see the entrance to the beautiful Temple of the Warriors at Chichen Itza, in Yucatan.
The Toltecs, who conquered the Mayas at Chichen Itza, remained in the city and added greatly to its beauty, forcing Mayan craftsmen to execute their orders.
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