Vocabulary 1 Fill in: discovered, dated back, destroyed, knew, constructed, grew, lived, left.

1 In 1841, an American explorer called John Lloyd Stephens discovered the Mayan city of Chichen Itza in Mexico.
2 John Lloyd Stephens believed the city dated back to around 600 AD.
3 They grew corn, beans and tomatoes for food.
4 In Chichen Itza, the Mayan people constructed a large pyramid called 'El Castillo'.
5 When the Spanish came to rule Chichen Itza, they left some of the old buildings.