Stone carving (Stela D) at Maya site of Quirigua, Guatemala Type:art print

Stone carving (Stela D) at Maya site of Quirigua, Guatemala Type:art printView of a large stone carving at the ancient Maya site of Quirigua located near the banks of the Motagua river in the department of Izabal, Guatemala. The photograph shows the south face of a carved stone stela known by archaeologists as Stela D, as it was first described by Alfred Maudslay in his seminal publication of the Quirigua site in his multi volume Archaeology (1889 1902). More recent scholarship dates the stela (also known as Monument 4) to

kneels on the left

In the background a large dune is visible along the horizon

stands facing forward in front of the walls of Muwaiji fort

over his thobe (long shirt)

A group of Arab men and a few children gather in the foreground around a man sitting in the sand

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Portrait of a saker (hurr) falcon with its prey

The entrance to the hut is framed with wood

Wilfred Thesiger (left) and Salim bin Kabina (right)

A large checked cloth hangs over his shoulder

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Two men stand in the foreground