Uxmal buildings

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Uxmal Buildings

 

building with turtle motif

 

 

detail
(Turtles were associated by the Maya with the rain god CHAC.
According to Mayan myth, when the people suffered from drought
so did the turtles and both prayed to CHAC to send rain.)

 

building with decorative freeze

 

serpent detail

 

figure detail

 

 

 

 

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long-nosed CHAC figures
(often called the Nunnery)

 

detail of long-nosed CHAC figures

 

Mayan arch

 

doorway

 

 

 

 

 

 

long climb to the top

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