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# Besides the design of the pyramid, with its nine-tiered sides and four staircases facing the cardinal points, it is interesting that beneath the building, at a depth of some 25 metres, lies a karst lake, which is thought capable of threatening the structu
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- Published: 2016-08-25T08:02:14.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:46:39.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Observations

Besides the design of the pyramid, with its nine-tiered sides and four staircases facing the cardinal points, it is interesting that beneath the building, at a depth of some 25 metres, lies a karst lake, which is thought capable of threatening the structure's survival in the future, but which in the past was one of the reasons the Maya built their temple on this very spot. Such is the irony