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RĂ­o Bec

region, Mexico
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  • Mesoamerican civilization
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north of PetĂ©n is the RĂ­o Bec zone, as yet little explored but noted for temple pyramids and palaces with flanking false towers fronted by unclimbable “stairways” reaching dummy “rooms” with blank entrances. RĂ­o Bec structures are carved with fantastic serpents in deep relief, a feature that becomes even more


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north of PetĂ©n is the RĂ­o Bec zone, as yet little explored but noted for temple pyramids and palaces with flanking false towers fronted by unclimbable “stairways” reaching dummy “rooms” with blank entrances. RĂ­o Bec structures are carved with fantastic serpents in deep relief, a feature that becomes even more


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