The building on which the cultists stood was an ancient stepped pyramid—a teocalli whose sides had crumbled somewhat, blurring and softening the structure’s stacked-box shape into more of a rounded mound. The area around the statue on the upper level had been cleared of debris, however, and the rooms that lay behind this area appeared to be intact. Doorways on either side of the area where the cultists stood led into the interior of the building—dark and sinister, like the sockets of an empty skull.