Archive for 'uxmal'
Borges at Uxmal
Over at Right Reading I’ve posted some comments about Borges’s trip to Uxmal when he was eighty.
Posted: July 3rd, 2007 under history, uxmal.
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Mayan Theater, Los Angeles
Posting is a little light while I’m on the road. Meanwhile, for your amusement, here are a couple of images of the facade of the Mayan Theater (1040 Hill Street, near 11th Street) in Los Angeles. The decorative motifs on the facade of the theater were inspired by elements of the late Maya sites of [...]
Posted: June 17th, 2007 under chichen itza, popularization, uxmal.
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Maya Symbology: Turtle
Like the parrot I discussed previously, this turtle is located at the Puuc Maya site of Uxmal in the Yucatan. It’s one of the many turtles decorating the building known, not surprisingly, as the House of the Turtles, which is located at the northeast corner of the enormous platform housing the large structure known as [...]
Posted: May 14th, 2007 under resources, symbology, uxmal.
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Maya Symbology: Parrot
This parrot (click for a larger view) is carved in a stone near the top of the Great Pyramid at the classic Maya site of Uxmal in the Yucatan. “Uxmal” means thrice-built, but archaeologists have uncovered at least five stages of construction. The Maya often constructed new pyramids on top of existing ones, and it [...]
Posted: May 11th, 2007 under ruins, symbology, uxmal.
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