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Pre-Colombian Cultures
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Colossal head no.6, Olmec culture, basalt stone sculpture, c. 1000-600 BC,... |
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Funerary mask, stone covered in multicoloured mosaic of jade, coral, turquoise... |
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13 snakes goddess, accompanying urn, Zapotec culture, 600-1642 AD |
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Temple of the Sun, Palenque, Mexico (Mayan city which flourished c.600-750 AD,... |
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Reconstruction of tomb 104 at Monte Alban, Mexico, Zapotec culture |
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Atlantes (figures of men as columns) on top of Temple of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli... |
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Overview of the archeological site, Zapotec city of Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico |
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Ball game player, relief on disc, 590 AD Mayan, from Chinkultic, Mexico |
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Portrait vessel called Laughing Man, ceramic, Mochica culture c. 200 BC - 700... |
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Pair of burial gloves, gold, Mochica culture, c. 200 BC - 700 AD, Peru |
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Female idol, gold, Inca culture, 13th-15th century, Peru |
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Sacred quarter of the Intihuatana (place of sun god Inti), Inca culture... |
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Palace of Palenque, Mayan Classical period 4th-10th century, Palenque,... |
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Castillo or Great Pyramid and Palace of 1000 Columns, Mayan and Toltec city of... |
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Chacmool (reclining figure upon which offerings were placed), Aztec (Mexica)... |
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The Ancestor, sculpture, Zapotec millenial culture, classical period, 200 AD -... |
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Pendant, falling eagle, gold, Zapotec, from tomb 7 at Monte Alban |
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Pectoral, the god Xochipilli, gold, Zapotec, from tomb 7 at Monte Alban |
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Woman wearing earrings and necklace, censer holder, painted terracotta, 9th... |
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Mask, with earrings, from Teotihuacan, Mexico |
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The governor Ahkal MO'NAHB III, 723-729 AD, from panel of slaves from building... |
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Chac mool of sanctuary of rain god Tlaloc, representing divine messenger... |
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Caracol, astronomical observatory, 750-900, Mayan, Toltec, southern zone,... |
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The Church, Nuns building, Puuc architecture, 750-900, Mayan, southern zone,... |
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Pellicer vase, ceramic, Mayan Classical Period 300-900 AD |
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Feathered serpent (symbol of Quetzalcoatl), Temple of Quetzalcoatl, early 3rd... |
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Avenue of the Dead and Pyramid of the Sun, Aztec, Teotihuacan, Mexico |
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Relief of the ambassador, Olmec culture, archaeological garden of La Venta in... |
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Owl with outstretched wings, fresco, c. 400 AD Aztec, Palace of Tetitla,... |
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Feathered shield, gold and feathers, showing coyote or ahuitzotl, a mythical... |
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Lord giving an audience, with hieroglyphic text, cylindrical vessel, c. 700 AD... |
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Mask of a man, stucco, Mayan culture, from the Temple of the Sun, Palenque,... |
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Skeletons of 9 sacrificed warriors, Teotihuacuan, Mexico (excavated late 20th... |
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Bat head, relief, terracotta urn, Toltec culture, from Xochicalco, Mexico |
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Male head, Mayan culture, Classical period (200-900 AD), from Comalco, Mexico |
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Pyramid of the Sun seen from Temple of Quetzalcoatl, Aztec, Teotihuacan, Mexico |
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Earring decorated with warrior in mosaic of turquoise, lapis lazuli, and red,... |
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Funerary urn with skulls and jaguar in relief and jaguar lid, painted clay,... |
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Seated priest making an offering, relief, c. 700 BC Olmec culture, from La... |
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Mayan sculpted marble dish with false glyphs and jaguar from Copan Honduras,... |
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Ceramic sculpture of man, Viru culture, Peru, 500 AD |
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Circular ruins of Temple of Sun from Inca town of Sacsaywuaman in Peru |
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Ceremonial drum with painted creatures, Nazca culture, Peru, Early... |
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Ruins of Machu Picchu, Sacred City of the Incas, built 1438-71 by Inca leader... |
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