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The Palace of the Masks is the most well-known construction at Kabah. It is 46m long and contains two rows of five rooms each, with one doorway serving each set of chambers. Although in general, Puuc architechture rarely displays decoration below ...
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Each mask is composed of 18 different blocks, in addition to the curved nose. It has been therefore calculated that for the 260 masks alone, the building's architects needed 4,940 stone blocks, each cut and carved to fit precisely into the ...
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Some theorists believe the decoration here is of the rain god, Chaac. The style of the masks and their curled noses is characteristic of depictions of Chaac, and demonstrates the utter dependence of the population on rainfall for sustenance in ...
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Kabah, to the south of Uxmal, is thought to have been a contemporary subordinate to Uxmal. The two sites are connected by an 18km ancient road, or sacbe. The connection with Uxmal is supported by the existence of this sacbe and by emblem glyphs ...
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An arch at Kabah (Image Credit: Bryan Mendez, UC Berkeley)
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Detailed view of an arch in Kabah (Image Credit: Bryan Mendez, UC Berkeley)
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The Palace of the Masks (Image Credit: Bryan Mendez, UC Berkeley)
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The Palace of the Masks (Image Credit: Bryan Mendez, UC Berkeley)
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The Palace of the Masks (Image Credit: Bryan Mendez, UC Berkeley)
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Another view of the Palace of the Masks (Image Credit: Bryan Mendez, UC Berkeley)
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The Palace of the Masks (Image Credit: Bryan Mendez, UC Berkeley)
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Details near the Palace of the Masks (Image Credit: Bryan Mendez, UC Berkeley)
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Detailed view of the Palace of the Masks (Image Credit: Bryan Mendez, UC Berkeley)
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A close up view of the Palace of the Masks (Image Credit: Bryan Mendez, UC Berkeley)
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Ruins in Kabah (Image Credit: Bryan Mendez, UC Berkeley)
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Palace of the Masks, Kabah
A view of the Palace of the Masks (Image Credit: Bryan Mendez, UC Berkeley)
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