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Two silver fibulae from Lom (4th BCE)
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Two silver fibulae from Lom (4th BCE)

Brooch, silver Dakian jewelry (2nd-1st CE).
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Brooch, silver Dakian jewelry (2nd-1st CE).

Detail from the facade of the East Building, Quadrangle of the Nuns, Uxmal. A large, trapezoid motif crowned with the head of an owl, an animal associated with death in Maya lore (7th-10th CE).
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Detail from the facade of the East 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...

The monumental arch in Labna, Puuc, Archaeological Zone, Yucatan. The arch linked two residential areas of the Maya town of Labna; it is a typical triangular "false" arch flanked by two side doors and two orna- mental huts with niches for seated statues (7th-10th).
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The monumental arch in Labna, Puuc, Archaeological Zone, Yucatan. The arch...

The Maya arch at Kabah, Puuc Archaeological Zone, Yucatan, which connected two sections of the "sacbe" or white road, which led from Kabah to the larger city and ceremonial center of Uxmal (7th-10th CE).
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The Maya arch at Kabah, Puuc Archaeological Zone, Yucatan, which connected...