Lamanai

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From the Lamanai entry in Wikipedia:

Lamanai is a Mesoamerican archaeological site, and was once a major city of the Maya civilization, located in the north of Belize, in Orange Walk District. The site's name is pre-Columbian, recorded by early Spanish missionaries, and documented over a millennium earlier in Maya inscriptions as Lam'an'ain. Lamanai is renowned for its exceptionally long occupation spanning three millennia, beginning in the Early Preclassic Maya period and continuing through the Spanish and British Colonial periods, into the 20^th century. Unlike most Classic-period sites in the southern Maya lowlands, Lamanai was not abandoned at the end of the 10^th century CE.

Site Map of Lamanai from Guide to Belize

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Lamanai

Jaguar Temple. (1.6M)

Jaguar Temple. (1.5M)

Steep stairs on the Jaguar Temple. (1.6M)

Temple 10-27. (1.8M)

Temple 10-27 with Stele 9. (1.7M)

Structure 10-43 "High Temple". It is 33 m (108 ft) high. (1.6M)

View from the High Temple towards the New River. (1041k)

Ball court. (1448k)

Structure N9-56 "Mask Temple". (1472k)

Mask Temple. (1.5M)

Mask on the Mask Temple. (1313k)

Mask on the Mask Temple. (1311k)

Marker with hieroglyphics. On the left you can see the number 12 (2 bars, 5 each and 2 dots). (1181k)

Maya stele with human figure with elaborate headdress. (696k)

Late Preclassic pottery vessel. (832k)

Mayan pottery vessel. (785k)

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