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Typical straw-thatched Mayan hut in the frieze of the North Building, Quadrangle of the Nuns, Uxmal (7th-10th CE).
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Typical straw-thatched Mayan hut in the frieze of the North Building, Quad...

Typical straw-thatched Mayan hut in the frieze of the North Building, Quadrangle of the Nuns, Uxmal (7th-10th CE).
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Typical straw-thatched Mayan hut in the frieze of the North Building, Quad...

Figure of a prisoner with tied hands, from the frieze of the North Building, Quadrangle of the Nuns, Uxmal (7th-10th CE).
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Figure of a prisoner with tied hands, from the frieze of the N...

Stele in front of the North Building, Quadrangle of the Nuns, Uxmal. The significance of the squares has not yet been deciphered (7th-10th CE).
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Stele in front of the North Building, Quadrangle of the Nuns,...

A typical, triangular Maya Arch opens in the South Building of the Quadrangle of the Nuns, Uxmal. The Maya Arch is a false arch, consisting of corbeled stone slabs meeting at the summit in a point (7th-10th CE).
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A typical, triangular Maya Arch opens in the South Building of the Quadrang...

A typical, triangular Maya Arch opens in the South Building of the Quadrangle of the Nuns, Uxmal. The Maya Arch is a false arch, consisting of corbeled stone slabs meeting at the summit in a point (7th-10th CE).
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A typical, triangular Maya Arch opens in the South Building of the Quadrang...

The Ball Game Court(Juego de Pelota) in Uxmal(7th-10th) Such enclosures exist in many Mesoamerican ceremonial centers.A rubber ball had to be passed through a stone ring in either wall. Human sacrifice, possibly of the captain or the entire winning team, was connected with this ritual game.
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The Ball Game Court(Juego de Pelota) in Uxmal(7th-10th) Such enclosures exist i...

Stone ring, through which a rubber ball had to be passed in the Juego de Pelota, the ritual ball game of Mesoamerican Indians. Human sacrifice, possibly of the captain or the entire winning team, was connected with this ritual game (7th-10th CE).
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Stone ring, through which a rubber ball had to be passed in the Juego de P...

Stone ring, through which a rubber ball had to be passed in the Juego de Pelota, the ritual ball game of Mesoamerican Indians. Human sacrifice, possibly of the captain or the entire winning team, was connected with this ritual game (7th-10th CE).
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Stone ring, through which a rubber ball had to be passed in the Juego de P...

The Governor's Palace, Uxmal. The building is 100 m long and 9 m high and has 24 chambers under an ornate frieze with a cornice like an undulating snake. Rain- god Chac appears between geometric ornaments. A double- headed jaguar, symbol of death, in the foreground.
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The Governor's Palace, Uxmal. The building is 100 m long and 9 m high and ha...

Maya Arch in the facade of the Palace of the Governor, Uxmal. The triangular Maya arches are false arches, consisting of corbeled stone slabs meeting at the summit in a point. The cornice of this arch is formed by an undulating snake (7th-10th CE).
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Maya Arch in the facade of the Palace of the Governor, Uxmal. The triangular Ma...

Heads of the rain-god Tlaloc, not a Mayan deity but one usually connected with the Mexican Central Plateau, on the facade of the Palace of the Governor, Uxmal. The cornice is formed by an undulating serpent (7th-10th CE).
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Heads of the rain-god Tlaloc, not a Mayan deity but one usually connected wi...