File:Akabdzib (House of Dark Writings) Chichen Itza 1923.tif

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Akabdzib (House of Dark Writings). Chichen Itza. Yucatan, Mexico. 1923.

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English: Akabdzib or the House of Dark Writings. It is the most unusual building in Chichen Itza. It is 176 feet long by 48 feet wide. There are 18 rooms in several of which are hand prints in red. There are also some hieroglyphs but they have not been deciphered. No date has been definitely determined but it is believed to have been built prior to about 900 A.D.
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Source US Geological Survey photo via https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5b0318e4e4b0da30c1c1d7d9
Author Jerome O. Kilmartin

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This image is in the public domain in the United States because it only contains materials that originally came from the United States Geological Survey, an agency of the United States Department of the Interior. For more information, see the official USGS copyright policy.

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