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SHORTCUTS TO: Chichén
Itzá | Cobá | Dzibilchaltún | Ek' Balam | Iximché
La Venta | Palenque | Quiriguá
| Sayil | Toniná | Tulum
| Uxmal | Zaculeu
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Palenque, Temple of the Inscriptions, 2006 |
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Another view |
| Palenque, Temple of the Sun | |
| Iximché, also known as Patinamit, is a Cakchiquel Maya city of late postclassic age. Temple One, Plaza B at Iximché, Guatemala | |
| Iximché, Plaza A, Temple of the Murals | |
| Zaculeu, an early postclassic Quiche Mayan site outside of Huehuetenango, Guatemala; restored in the 1940s by the United Fruit Company, which covered everything with cement, giving the ruin it strange look. This is Plaza One. | |
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Plaza One at Zaculeu |
| Another view | |
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Plaza Three |
| Looking off through the mountains | |
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Carving on upper level of Acropolis at Ek' Balam in east-central Yucatan |
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Classic Mayan Arch at Ek' Balam |
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Carving on upper level of Acropolis at Ek' Balam |
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Structure 21 at Ek' Balam |
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Detail at the side of Acropolis at Ek' Balam |
| View from upper level of the Acropolis across the North Plaza at Ek' Balam | |
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Lower area of the Acropolis at Ek' Balam |
| The Ball Court, also called "The Twins" at Ek' Balam | |
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The Oval Palace at Ek' Balam |
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Stele in the North Plaza at Ek' Balam |
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The Ball Court at Ek' Balam |
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Carving at foot of Acropolis structure at Ek' Balam |
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House of 7 Dolls at Dzibilchaltún |
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Structure 42 at Dzibilchaltún |
| Open Chapel at Dzibilchaltún | |
| Structure 48 at Dzibilchaltún | |
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At Toniná, Palace of the Underworld, September 2003 |
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At Toniná, Palace of the Frets, September, 2003 |
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Another view |
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At Toniná, the Acropolis, September, 2003 |
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At Toniná, the Ball Court, September, 2003 |
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At Toniná, the Ball Court and the Great Platform, September, 2003 |
| At Toniná, the Great Platform, September, 2003 | |
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At Cobá, Nohoch Mul, the tallest pyramid in the Yucatan, 2003 |
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Another view |
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El Lago at Cobá |
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At Cobá, a temple surrounded by Spanish Moss, 2002 |
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At Cobá, a temple among the trees,2003 |
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At Cobá, a temple view through the trees, 2003 |
| Statue of Mayan god at Cobá | |
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At Cobá, a ring in the Ball Court, 2003 |
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Serpent fountain as you enter downtown Cancun |
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At Tulum, Maya site south of Cancun |
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Temple of the Cenote. Cave to the left is entrance to the hidden cenote. |
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Tulum ruin |
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Entrance to hidden cenote under the Temple of the Cenote at Tulum |
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Tulum Ruin |
| Huge Olmec head at La Venta, Villahermosa, Tabasco, 2001 | |
| Stone Olmec man in the park-museum at La Venta, Villahermosa, 2001 | |
| The Palace at Sayil on the Puuc Route, Yucatan | |
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Carved serpent detail from Nunnery Quadrangle, Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico |
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House of the Governor, facade of long-snouted mask, probably Lord Chac, Uxmal, Yucatan |
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Mask detail, Uxmal, Yucatan |
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Uxmal, Yucatan |
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Pyramid of the Magician, Uxmal, Yucatan, 2002 |
| Grand Castilo, Chichén Itzá,Yucatan | |
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Grand Castilo, Chichén Itzá,Yucatan |
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The Ball court, Chichén Itzá,Yucatan |
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Platform of the Skulls, Chichén Itzá,Yucatan |
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Western staircase of el Castillo, Chichén Itzá,Yucatan, 2002 |
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Carved stone skulls, Chichén Itzá,Yucatan, 2002 |
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Temple of Jaguar, Chichén Itzá, Yucatan |
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Carved stone head detail, Chichén Itzá, Yucatan, 2002 |
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The Ball Court, Chichén Itzá, Yucatan |
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At Quiriguá, Guatemala, a stele |
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Altar stone discovered while excavating for a gas station in Guatemala City in the 1950s, now found in a private home |