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Mexico

Home to the largest pyramid by volume on Earth (Cholula, bigger in bulk than Egypt's Great Pyramid) and Chichen Itza's El Castillo, where the equinox sun casts a shadow shaped like a serpent slithering down the steps.

El Castillo, the step pyramid at the Maya ruins of Chichen Itza, Mexico

El Castillo, Chichen Itza

Photo: Fcb981, CC BY-SA 3.0

Green for hope, white for unity, red for the blood of national heroes. The coat of arms depicts an eagle perched on a cactus devouring a serpent, the Aztec sign for where to found their capital, Tenochtitlan.

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