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JQ Jacobs
JQ Jacobs
@jqjacobs@archaeo.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 years ago

#StandingStoneSunday #Quirigua #PhotoResearch
Another old #photo, from a #GlassPlate, found via #Maudslay #Archaeology Mesoweb Publications: https://www.mesoweb.com/publications/Maudslay/ and from #LibraryofCongress via #WikimediaCommons https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guatemala._Quirigua_LCCN2016821509.jpg
Cropped and colorized. Again, click the image to see the top.

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Quirigua Stela, old glass plate photo.
Quirigua Stela, old glass plate photo.
Quirigua Stela, old glass plate photo.
File:Guatemala. Quirigua LCCN2016821509.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
File:Guatemala. Quirigua LCCN2016821509.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

Mesoweb Publications: Maudslay's Archaeology

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JQ Jacobs
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@jqjacobs@archaeo.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 years ago

Doing some #Quirigua #PhotoResearch I found a good travel blog, https://www.svudapodji.com/en/mesoamerica-2008-30/
and a great old photograph here, https://exhibits.tulane.edu/exhibit/maya-stelae/stories-in-stone/
Having people next to the stela really shows the scale of the monument. Click the image to see the top too.
#StandingStoneSunday #Maya #Stela

Old photograph of Maya Stela E at Quirigua, the tallest of the ancient stelae in the Americas.
Old photograph of Maya Stela E at Quirigua, the tallest of the ancient stelae in the Americas.
Old photograph of Maya Stela E at Quirigua, the tallest of the ancient stelae in the Americas.
https://exhibits.tulane.edu

Stories in Stone

Svuda podji - travel stories

Central America 2008, part 30 (Guatemala: Quiriguá)

Although I went to sleep rather early, I was still surprised when the next morning I woke up in the hotel room I took in village Quiriguá, Guatemala, around 5.30 am! Admittedly, I was helped in this by local roosters and some birds, but I still kept trying to
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@jqjacobs@archaeo.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 years ago

#StandingStoneSunday #Quirigua #PhotoResearch
Another old #photo, from a #GlassPlate, found via #Maudslay #Archaeology Mesoweb Publications: https://www.mesoweb.com/publications/Maudslay/ and from #LibraryofCongress via #WikimediaCommons https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guatemala._Quirigua_LCCN2016821509.jpg
Cropped and colorized. Again, click the image to see the top.

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Quirigua Stela, old glass plate photo.
Quirigua Stela, old glass plate photo.
Quirigua Stela, old glass plate photo.
File:Guatemala. Quirigua LCCN2016821509.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
File:Guatemala. Quirigua LCCN2016821509.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

Mesoweb Publications: Maudslay's Archaeology

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