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"I think there can hardly be any doubt that this was intended as a fortification, and therefore a particular interest is attached to it. For, judging by all their sculptures, the ancient Mayas knew nothing of war. Their sculptors have left no records of battles or triumphs, such as those of Greece, Egypt, or Babylon. One assumed that all the Maya clans dwelt in amity, and that until quite late in their history they had no experience of fighting, either among themselves or with alien races.