Lamanai
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Lamanai is a Mesoamerican archaeological site, and was once a major city of the Maya civilization, located in the north of Belize, in Orange Walk District. The site's name is pre-Columbian, recorded b
The High Temple of Lamanai
Temple of the jaguar, Lamanai
Mask Temple - Lamanai
Detail of carving on right-hand (facing temple) wall of Mask Temple. A similarly sized panel on the left-hand side is covered up for its protection.
Jaguar Temple
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The Jaguar Temple is a stepped-pyramid structure at the Maya archaeological site of Lamanai, located in present-day Belize. The structure is twelve feet shorter in exposed height than the High Temple,
Lamanai
…until the mid-1970s. Archaeological work has concentrated on the investigation and restoration of the larger structures, most notably the Mask Temple, Jaguar Temple, and High Temple. The summit of this latter structure affords a view across the surrounding jungle to a nearby lagoon, part of New River. A significant…
"Jaguar mask"