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Sunday
Jul042010

Maya Portrait Project: Palenque

Left: Palace at Palenque

Right: Temple of the Inscriptions

In the Palace

View of the East Court

This "t" shaped window takes the form of an Ik' sign, which means breath or wind.

The only person hotter than us at Palenque is this guy mowing the lawn.

Looking for spolia

Kaylee GPSing the corner of the Palace.

One of the many groundskeepers at Palenque.

The head of an unknown person reused in the construction of a staircase.

One of the sculpture in the East Court.

Left: Drawing by the Count/Duke (he used both titles but held neither) Jean Francois Maximilian de Waldeck in 1830's

Right: A view of the tower in 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

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