Dr. James Fitzsimmons
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The stairs are actually, they're almost like walls.
They're actually designed so that you're not supposed to go up this thing.
Their stairs are like, they're basically just for elites.
If you ever go up a Maya building, you'll see a Maya building.
That's Temple 2.
No, that's Temple 1.
you go up these things, the stairs are really, really steep and they're designed to be really, really steep.
And so the tourists kept falling off of this thing.
And so they put up a rope ladder and the tourists still kept falling off of this thing and dying.
So then they installed, I think they installed a wooden thing in the back of it and then that didn't work either.
So you're not allowed to go up that one anymore.
But it's an iconic building.
It's like what Maya temples tend to look like, right?
So it's between that and maybe Chichen Itza.
And I think people know Chichen Itza, you know, the big pyramid there.
That's a pretty common one.
But I've always liked Tikal Temple 1.