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 north 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

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He also wears a khanjar (dagger) tucked into his cartridge belt

next to some tire tracks

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Prayer flags on top of buildings

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