Uxmal

No picture could do justice to the grandness of Uxmal, which was the capital of a Terminal Classic state.

The mighty House of the Magician (temple pyramid): eastern side

The hidden temple inside the House of Magician

House of Magician: Monster-mask doorway from the upper temple, western side

Woman kissing the mask, western side

Nunnery Quadrangle: West Building, the Middleworld which is the place of the sun's descent into the Underworld, with seven exterior doors the mystic number of the earth's surface [Coe 2011].

Nunnery: East Building, the Middleworld which is the place of the rising sun [Coe 2011].





Nunnery: South Building, the Underworld associated with death and the nether regions [Coe 2011].

Nunnery: North Building, the heaven

Ball court

View from the House of the Turtles: House of Magician and the Library

Palace of the Governors with the double headed jaguar

Palace of the Governors: Flower Mountain Mask motifs

View from the top of the Great Pyramid

View from the top: House of the Pigeons

From the top: East Building

Butterfly on top of the Great Pyramid

House of Pigeons



Royal Tomb: the Cemetery Group

On the way out... 

The unforgettable Uxmal