ARCHITECTURE, RESTORATION, AND IMAGING OF THE MAYA CITIES OF UXMAL, KABAH, SAYIL, AND LABNÁ
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1888-91 Sweet & Thompson

Photographs taken by Henry N. Sweet as a member of the Edward Herbert Thompson/Peabody Museum expeditions to Uxmal, Kabah, Sayil and Labná, 1888-91. These images were scanned from 35mm slides I have taken of a set of original photographs at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. Special thanks to Jeffrey Quilter, Curator and Director of Pre-Columbian Studies, Leo Traxler, then Assistant Curator, Pre-Columbian Collection, and Bridget Gazzo, Librarian, Pre-Columbian Studies, for their generous help. Reproduced Courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University.

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No.80. Labná, Pyramid and Temple (El Mirador) from the southwest.
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No.84. Labná, Pyramid Temple (El Mirador), vaulted rooms in east side.
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No.87. Labná, Vaulted Archway and Residential Group from the Pyramid Temple (El Mirador).
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No.88. Labná, Pyramid and Temple (El Mirador) from the east.
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No.86?. Labná, Pyramid and Temple; showing earlier entrance.
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No.89. Labná, Pyramid and Temple (El Mirador) from the northeast.
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No.91. Labná, Pyramid and Temple (El Mirador) from the south.
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No.105. Labná, Palace Group, front and under surface of snout with glyphs, on west facade of east structure.
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No.106. Labná, Palace Group, side of snout with glyphs, on west frieze of east structure.
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No.108. Labná, Palace Group, south frieze of east structure; showing mask with open serpent jaws with human head protruding.
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No.110. Labná, Palace Group, west frieze of east structure; showing mask with open serpent jaws with human head protruding.
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No.111. Labná, Palace Group, from the south.
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