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Head of a feathered serpent from the stairs leading to the upper temple of the Kukulcan Pyramid, Chichen Itza, Yucatan. During the equinoxes, when the rays of the rising sun hit the pyramid, the shadows on the ramp seem to form the serpent's body. 11th.
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Head of a feathered serpent from the stairs leading to the upper temple of t...

Relief border on the outer wall of the Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza, Yucatan. The reliefs show Indian warriors, and eagles and jaguars devouring human hearts. 11th.
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Relief border on the outer wall of the Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza,...

Relief border on the outer wall of the Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza, Yucatan. The reliefs show Indian warriors, and eagles and jaguars devouring human hearts. 11th.
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Relief border on the outer wall of the Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza,...

Relief border on the outer wall of the Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza, Yucatan. The reliefs show Indian warriors, and eagles and jaguars devouring human hearts. 11th.
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Relief border on the outer wall of the Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza,...

Relief border on the outer wall of the Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza, Yucatan. The reliefs show Indian warriors, and eagles and jaguars devouring human hearts. 11th.
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Relief border on the outer wall of the Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza,...

Relief border on the outer wall of the Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza, Yucatan. The reliefs show Indian warriors, and eagles and jaguars devouring human hearts. 11th.
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Relief border on the outer wall of the Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza,...

Relief border on the outer wall of the Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza, Yucatan. The reliefs show Indian warriors, and eagles and jaguars devouring human hearts. 11th.
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Relief border on the outer wall of the Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza,...

Head of a man protruding from the fangs of a feathered serpent. Wall of the Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza, Yucatan. 11th.
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Head of a man protruding from the fangs of a feathered serpent. Wall...

Nuernberg castle: Living room used by Emperor Friedrich III (1415-1493), with huge double-headed imperial eagle covering the entire ceiling.
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Nuernberg castle: Living room used by Emperor Friedrich III (1415-1493...

Spiral staircase leading up to the great hall of the Bremen townhall. A sphinx among the ornate woodcarvings which flank the staircase. 1620
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Spiral staircase leading up to the great hall of the Bremen townhall....

Park of Schwetzingen palace, built by elector Carl Theodor of the Palatinate and Bavaria (1724-1799). Apollo-temple and sphinxes.
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Park of Schwetzingen palace, built by elector Carl Theodor of the Pala...

Schloss Charlottenhof in the gardens of Sanssouci,built after 1826. The entrance hall; the cast-iron fountain with sea-horses and nereids designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, two plaster medallions by Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen.
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Schloss Charlottenhof in the gardens of Sanssouci,built after 1826. The entrance...