Motul de San José
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Motul de San José is an ancient Maya site located just north of Lake Petén Itzá in the Petén Basin region of the southern Maya lowlands. It is a few kilometres from the modern village of San José, in
A badly fire-damaged stela in Group C
Lady Wak Tuun of Motul de San José married Yaxun B'alam IV of Yaxchilán. Here she is depicted performing a bloodletting rite in AD 755. Yaxchilán Lintel 15, now in the British Museum.
The summit of one of the larger pyramids of Group C, built with thin, flat stones, an architectural style that probably dates it to the Terminal Classic
Looted pyramid in Group A
Calakmul
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Calakmul is a Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Campeche, deep in the jungles of the greater Petén Basin region. It is 35 kilometres from the Guatemalan border. Calakmul was one of the
Temple I, Calakmul Biosphere
Calakmul's Stela 88 stands upon the stairway of Structure 13
Stela 51, dated to AD 731, depicts Yuknoom Took' K'awiil.
Jade mask, currently exhibited at the Museum of Maya Architecture