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Caracol Collage, created by the author: The Observatory in 2023; photo by author, Starry sky background compliments of Felix Mittermeier, Pixabay, To the upper left is the lithograph of El Caracol by Frederick Catherwood, 1844, To the upper right is the recreation of El Caracol at Chichén Itzá by artist J.S. Bolles, 1935, Flanking the Caracol are two heads of K’uk’ulkan, photos from Ruppert, Karl, The Caracol at Chichen Izta (sic) Yucatan, Mexico, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1935. — 22 Sep 2023

El Caracol Conundrum: Secrets of Chichén Itzá’s Famous Maya Observatory

By Jonathon Perrin

Archaeology & Science

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Standing unique among ancient structures, Chichén Itzá’s enigmatic “Observatory”, El Caracol, may be the world’s most mysterious and distinctive stone monument. It was built by the Maya of the Yucatán, Mexico, over a millennium ago, as...
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Caracol Collage, created by the author: The Observatory in 2023; photo by author, Starry sky background compliments of Felix Mittermeier, Pixabay, To the upper left is the lithograph of El Caracol by Frederick Catherwood, 1844, To the upper right is the recreation of El Caracol at Chichén Itzá by artist J.S. Bolles, 1935, Flanking the Caracol are two heads of K’uk’ulkan, photos from Ruppert, Karl, The Caracol at Chichen Izta (sic) Yucatan, Mexico, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1935. — 22 Sep 2023

El Caracol Conundrum: Secrets of Chichén Itzá’s Famous Maya Observatory

By Jonathon Perrin

Archaeology & Science

0

Standing unique among ancient structures, Chichén Itzá’s enigmatic “Observatory”, El Caracol, may be the world’s most mysterious and distinctive stone monument. It was built by the Maya of the Yucatán, Mexico, over a millennium ago, as...
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Clockwise from top: Pyramid of the Magician at Uxmal, iguana at Uxmal, Kabáh Arch, the Palace at Dzibilchaltún, all set over the rising sun captured at Yaxuna. (Image Deriv: Courtesy © Dr Jonathon Perrin) — 23 Jun 2023

Revisiting Stephens And Catherwood’s 19th-Century Maya Discoveries

By Jonathon Perrin

Archaeology & Science

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Between 1839 and 1841 two intrepid explorers; John Lloyd Stephens, an American writer, diplomat, and traveler, teamed up with English artist and architect Frederick Catherwood to visit 44 Maya sites. Through Stephens’ two books and Catherwood’s...
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Clockwise from top: Pyramid of the Magician at Uxmal, iguana at Uxmal, Kabáh Arch, the Palace at Dzibilchaltún, all set over the rising sun captured at Yaxuna. (Image Deriv: Courtesy © Dr Jonathon Perrin) — 23 Jun 2023

Revisiting Stephens And Catherwood’s 19th-Century Maya Discoveries

By Jonathon Perrin

Archaeology & Science

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Between 1839 and 1841 two intrepid explorers; John Lloyd Stephens, an American writer, diplomat, and traveler, teamed up with English artist and architect Frederick Catherwood to visit 44 Maya sites. Through Stephens’ two books and Catherwood’s...
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Main temple at Tulum with hieroglyphic stairway by Frederick Catherwood, from Views of Ancient Monuments (Public Domain) — 28 Oct 2022

Stephens And Catherwood: Adventurers Discovering the Ancient Maya

By Dr Marion Dolan

Archaeology & Science

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The astounding journeys of John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood to Central America in 1839 to 1842 introduced the ancient, unrecognized Maya civilization to the rest of the world. Their life-threatening adventures saw them fighting their...
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Main temple at Tulum with hieroglyphic stairway by Frederick Catherwood, from Views of Ancient Monuments (Public Domain) — 28 Oct 2022

Stephens And Catherwood: Adventurers Discovering the Ancient Maya

By Dr Marion Dolan

Archaeology & Science

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The astounding journeys of John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood to Central America in 1839 to 1842 introduced the ancient, unrecognized Maya civilization to the rest of the world. Their life-threatening adventures saw them fighting their...
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The Seven Dolls figurines (Image: ©georgefery.com) — 03 Sep 2021

Buried Power Of The Seven Dolls At Maya Dzibilchaltún

By george fery

Archaeology & Science

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What makes Dzibilchaltún so perplexing, are the seven crudely made clay figurines found buried below the altar in what has become known as the Temple of the Seven Dolls. At its peak Dzibilchaltún, which means “where there is writing on flat...
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The Seven Dolls figurines (Image: ©georgefery.com) — 03 Sep 2021

Buried Power Of The Seven Dolls At Maya Dzibilchaltún

By george fery

Archaeology & Science

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What makes Dzibilchaltún so perplexing, are the seven crudely made clay figurines found buried below the altar in what has become known as the Temple of the Seven Dolls. At its peak Dzibilchaltún, which means “where there is writing on flat...
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Inset; Bucket/ banduddû from the north wall of the Palace of king Sargon II, and a four-winged genie in the Bucket and cone motif. — 25 Jul 2016

Banduddu: Solving the Mystery of the Babylonian Container

By Freddy Silva

Archaeology & Science

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One of the great riddles in Mesopotamian sacred art concerns the image of anthropomorphic winged figures called Apkallu holding a mullilu (tree fruit) in one hand, and a banduddû — a container — in the other. The purpose of this container is...
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Inset; Bucket/ banduddû from the north wall of the Palace of king Sargon II, and a four-winged genie in the Bucket and cone motif. — 25 Jul 2016

Banduddu: Solving the Mystery of the Babylonian Container

By Freddy Silva

Archaeology & Science

6

One of the great riddles in Mesopotamian sacred art concerns the image of anthropomorphic winged figures called Apkallu holding a mullilu (tree fruit) in one hand, and a banduddû — a container — in the other. The purpose of this container is...
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