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"8. General View of Las Monjas at Uxmal". View south from top of Governor's Palace.
Chromolithograph published in Frederick Catherwood, Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, 1844; closely based on Catherwood’s 1839-42 on-site drawing. This image scanned from a 35mm slide taken from a copy in the AMNH (RF-13-K). Reproduced Courtesy of The Library Special Collections, American Museum of Natural History.