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  2. Ancient Maya art - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Maya art comprises the visual arts of the Maya civilization, an eastern and south-eastern Mesoamerican culture made up of a great number of small kingdoms in what is now Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras. Many regional artistic traditions existed side by side, usually coinciding with the changing boundaries of Maya polities.

  3. Maya stelae - Wikipedia

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    Maya stelae (singular stela) are monuments that were fashioned by the Maya civilization of ancient Mesoamerica. They consist of tall, sculpted stone shafts and are often associated with low circular stones referred to as altars, although their actual function is uncertain. [ 2 ]

  4. El Castillo, Chichen Itza - Wikipedia

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    The Maya. Ancient peoples and places series (6th, fully revised and expanded ed.). London and New York: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-28066-5. OCLC 59432778. Milbrath, Susan (1999). Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars. The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies. Austin: University of Texas Press.

  5. Archaeologists Found a Mysterious Ancient Stone That Could ...

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    Archaeologists discovered an ancient stone slab with 123 hieroglyphic symbols in Mexico, revealing the founding of a town in 569 AD and details about Maya rulers.

  6. Rare sculpture of Mayan god found in path of train ... - AOL

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    The Maya’s god of lightning has been seen by experts before, but rarely like this. Rare sculpture of Mayan god found in path of train construction, Mexican officials say Skip to main content

  7. Kaminaljuyu - Wikipedia

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    Parsons, Lee A. (1986) The Origins of Maya Art: Monumental Stone Sculpture of Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala and the Southern Pacific Coast. Studies in Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology No. 28, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. Popenoe de Hatch, Marion (1997) Kaminaljuyú/San Jorge. Evidencia Arqueológica de la Actividad Económica en el Valle de ...

  8. Ancient Mayan building — used by a cult 800 years ago ... - AOL

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    The ancient building dates to sometime between 1000 A.D. and 1200 A.D., toward the end of the settlement’s existence in the Yucatan Peninsula, the experts said.

  9. Palenque - Wikipedia

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    Scarre, Chris (1999) The Seventy Wonders of the Ancient World. Thames and Hudson. Schele, Linda (1976), Accession Iconography of Chan-Bahlum in the Group of the Cross at Palenque. In The Art, Iconography, and Dynastic History of Palenque, Part III. Proceedings of the Segunda Mesa Redonda de Palenque, ed. Merle Greene Robertson, 9–34.