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.

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.

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  • EchoCranium@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    3 days 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.