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Kabah
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Oxkintok
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Tossed Skull
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Detail of an important person, possibly a member of the ruling elite (Halach Uinic) sitting on a star field, which could be the Milky Way. He is crowned with feathers. This design is typically found in the Nunnery in Chichén Itzá. (Image Credit: ...
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Detail of the decorative stonework on the Nunnery Annex portraying a characteristic depiction of Chaac, the big-nosed God of Rain, although its curled nose has crumbled away. The repetitive presence of the rain god within the architecture of the ...
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Group of the Nuns
INAH Office
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Old Chichen
Platform of Eagles and Ja
Platform of Skulls
Platform of Venus
Sacred Cenote
Substructure of El Castil
Temple of the Jaguar
Temple of the Small Table
Temple of the Tables
Temple of the Warriors
The Ossuary
Wildlife
Church at Mani
Dzibilchaltun
Cenote
Mayan House
The Open Chapel
The Sun Temple
El Caracol
House of the Four Lintels
Kabah
Loltun Caves
Mayapan
Mayapan's Castillo
Merida
Oxkintok
Palenque
The Acropolis at Ek Balam
The Great Palace of Sayil
Tossed Skull
Unexcavated Ruins
Uxmal
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House of the Magician
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Nunnery Quadrangle
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