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Drawing From the Past: Maya Antiquity Through the Eyes of Frederick Catherwood
On January 8, 1841, Catherwood depicted the Maya city of Kabáh in the Yucatán peninsula south of Uxmal. To the left, the white Arch of Kabáh is seen buried in the trees, marking the entrance to the ...
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Drawing From the Past: Maya Antiquity Through the Eyes of Frederick Catherwood
An explorer steps into the room and is enveloped with a sense of awe and mystery. It is one of the chambers at Kabáh, at its peak around 800 CE (one English translation of this Maya name is “the hand ...