
The Ruining of Chichen Itza monument
In old times, it is told that in Chichén Itzá there was a large field to be used for a game. it like basketball in present time. The game was thrown passing a circle in wall which height 7 meters from soil surface.
The Captain of team which was able to shoot the ball through the circle for the first time, will be head-cut. The head of the captain would be venerated to Gods.
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Machu Piccu in Quechua language can translated with ‘Old Mountain’ in English. It sometimes also often called ‘the lost city’.
Machu Piccu is a spot with a crash of pre-Columbus Inca. Machu Picchu lies in mountainous area, in the height of 2350m from sea-level.

- Machu Piccu Site in Urumbamba Valley – Peru
Machu Piccu located in Urumbamba valley, Peru, about 70 km north-west Cusco sea. This site once has been forgotten, and discovered by Yale Hiram university’s archeologist, Bingham III in 1911.
The Peru government then do any legal efforts to take back artifacts which was brought by Bingham III from the site.
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This architecture is called Gunongan. Gunongan comes from the term ‘Gunung‘ or mountain in English. Gunongan more or less can be translated as ‘ mountain like’. Gunongan was built by Sultan Iskandar Muda, the king of Aceh kingdom, in 1608. Gunongan was made as the king’s devotion to his beloved wife, Princess Phang.

- Gunongan, Unique Architechture of Aceh
It was told that Princess Phang’s hometown was a mountainous area. Princess missed the view very much. The fact was, the palace and the surrounds did not have any mountains. Finally King/Sultan Iskandar Muda built an artificial mountain, which looked similar to that in her hometown. So that the Princess could play on it.
According to story told, apparently Princess Phang loved it very much, and she always spent dawn, enjoying sunset on Gunongan.
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