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Panorama of Uxmal from Pyramid of the Old Woman, looking from south-west to north-east; showing typical low forest cover and (left to right) South Temple, Great Pyramid, Governor's Palace, Nunnery Quadrangle, and Pyramid of the Magician (the building in the distance near the horizon is a recent hotel and the buildings at far right are recent lodges).
photo Nov. 1999 (50mm lens; composite panorama) |
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Visitors' entry, opened 1985, to the Uxmal archaeological zone, with shops and site museum.
photo Jan. 2001 |
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World Heritage Site plaque: "MÉXICO UNESCO. Prehispánic towns of the Puuc: Uxmal, Kabah, Sayil and Labná. The Cultural Patrimony of Mankind. December of 1996".
photo Jan. 2001 |
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Pyramid of the Magician, east front: showing unusual shape of Pyramid and broad staircase constructed when Temple V added at top; major restoration over the years.
photo Jan. 2002 |
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Pyramid of the Magician, west front: showing Temple V at top, constructed over Temple IV with its elaborate entry and unusually steep staircase; remains of Temple I at bottom.
photo Jan. 2002 |
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Detail of entrance to Temple IV in photo at left: entrance as the mouth of an enormous zoomorphic mask with stacks of 6 masks surviving on each corner, the most ornate doorway at Uxmal.
photo Jan. 2002 (200mm lens) |
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Same pyramid as in photos above and at left, showing one of the row of twelve mosaic masks that runs beside south side of the west staircase; a matching row, seen in photo at far left, runs beside the north side of the staircase.
photo Jan. 2001 |
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Overall description of Uxmal;
as with most official INAH signs, text is posted in Spanish,
Yucatec Mayan, and English.
photo Jan. 2001 |
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Posted sign showing vertical cross-section
of typical mound in front of ancient Yucatec domestic hut;
with typical catch basin and chultune for catching and storing
water.
photo Jan. 2001 |
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Consolidating south side of Pyramid of the Magician, required because of pre-19th century collapse and damage from major 1988 hurricane.
photo Jan. 2002
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