Maya Cities exhibition site

April 9, 2008 9:11 PM

Architecture, Restoration, and Imaging of the Maya Cities of Uxmal, Kabah, Sayil, and Labná - a new extensive exhibition site from Reed College (with nice large images available). See: Contents. The site includes "19th and early 20th century drawings, prints, and photographs, showing the appearance of these four cities before the extensive restoration campaigns of the twentieth century [..and..] over 1000 recent photographs."
posted by peacay (4 comments total)

Cracking the Maya Code: The story behind the centuries-long decipherment of ancient Maya hieroglyphs
posted by homunculus at 10:51 PM on April 9, 2008

Awesome. I've been to all those sites and I love all this additional context.
posted by jjwiseman at 11:26 PM on April 9, 2008

Very nice! Seeing those pieces of the ball court rings just laying on the ground just blows my mind. Thanks for posting this.
posted by zerobyproxy at 2:23 AM on April 10, 2008

This is glorious, thank you.
posted by jokeefe at 9:50 PM on April 10, 2008