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Album caption: Stela F. One of the most distinctive of the stela at Quirigua. It projects 24 feet above the ground. This is the south face and the glyphs are perhaps the most beautifully carved of any among the Maya inscriptions. An unusual feature of this stela is that it has two dates - A.D. 1761 and A.D. 724 which is likely a leap year correction. While Stela F. is one of the tallest here it is not the tallest. Stela E. is the tallest. It is 35 feet long by 5 feet wide and 4 feet thick. It projects 26 feet 6 inches above ground and weights 65 tons. It is the largest piece of stone every quarried by the Maya. Guatemala. 1922. No index card. The Ruins of Quirigua, Guatemala - This Maya archeological site is...
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Album caption: Stela D. This is one of the 12 such at the site. It faces south. The dedication date is A.D. 766. It is recorded on the east side beginning at the top by the first 7 large and very unusual full-figure glyphs. They are probably the most complex, most involved and intricate in the Maya inscriptions. This monument is 19 feet, 6 inches in height by 5 feet in width and 2 feet, 10 inches thick. Like all of the stela at Quirigua the material is brown sandstone. Guatemala. 1922. The photographer, H. Schmelzer, is in the lower right. No index card. The Ruins of Quirigua, Guatemala - This Maya archeological site is located in the Rio Motagua Valley about 60 miles west of the Gulf of Honduras. It was unknown...
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Album caption: One of four large sculptures at Quirigua carved to represent some mythological animal and at the same time record the end of a five-year period. The name Zoomorph has been given to these monuments. The monuments found here cover the five-year periods A.D. 780-A.D. 795. The largest is Zoomorph B which is 6 feet 3 inches high by 13 feet 4 inches long and 11 feet wide. Guatemala. 1922. No index card. The Ruins of Quirigua, Guatemala - This Maya archeological site is located in the Rio Motagua Valley about 60 miles west of the Gulf of Honduras. It was unknown until just prior to 1840 when it was discovered by the Payes brothers fo Guatemala, owners of vast lands in the Valley. It was first made known...
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Album caption: Stela D. The north or back side of this stela has weathered much better than the south side. The carvings seem to be much clearer but just as intricate. Guatemala. 1922. No index card. The Ruins of Quirigua, Guatemala - This Maya archeological site is located in the Rio Motagua Valley about 60 miles west of the Gulf of Honduras. It was unknown until just prior to 1840 when it was discovered by the Payes brothers fo Guatemala, owners of vast lands in the Valley. It was first made known to the outside world by John L. Stephens, American diplomat and archeologist, and F. Catherwood, English artist, who visited the site in 1840. The first scientific study was made by A.P. Maudslay, English explorer...
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