Chichén Itzá (10) |
Source: WTL photograph. Notes: Here is one of the sculptures showing a victorious player of the ball game. Other scuptures show the victors decapitating the losing players. Comment: Note the architectural precision, the decorative exhuberance, the combination of geometric and anthropomorphic elements. Given the thousand-year of age of this site, there is also a clear sense of grandeur and permanence communicated by what the Mayas and Toltecs created in this and many more if their pre-Columbian sites. |
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