Aztec Ruins National Monument

The reconstructed Great Kiva
Aztec Ruins has some of the best-preserved Chacoan structures of its kind. Learn more about the ancestral Pueblo people in the park's museum and explore the Aztec West great house to see exceptionally advanced architecture, original wooden beams, and a restored Great Kiva. Aztec Ruins is a deeply sacred place to many Indigenous peoples across the American Southwest. Please visit with respect.
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Reconstructed stone kiva amidst stone ruins
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Interior of a reconstructed great kiva
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Rainbow over the reconstructed Great Kiva
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Winter snow on stone ruins
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Original "T-shaped" doorway in stone ruins
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Three layers of original intact roof beams
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