Image taken through a doorway of the ancestral Puebloan ruins at Aztec, New Mexico in 2022, light steaming in from one side. Photo by Maggie Duval

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The remaining walls
📍Aztec Ruins National Monument (NM)

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2022 photo

Blue Lizard struggles to push a large stone across the surface of a well-worn corn grinder. Even though he's on his hind legs, his head is barely above the stone.

Blue Lizard said it reminded him of his youth, where he would have to grind corn all day to earn a drop of fry sauce. #aztecruins #nationalmonument #newmexico #corn #ancientcivilization #travel

Aztec Ruins National Monument

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