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Largely Collapsed, One Side Reconstructed

Northeast corner, showing east side collapsed and north side reconstructed 1972-1973.
Jan. 2003

Southeast corner, showing Great Pyramid largely collapsed.
Jan. 2003

West side of Great Pyramid, showing facade of unrestored temple at top.
Jan. 2003
1915. Partly interpretive painting, "Ruins of Uxmal," by Carlos Vierra, commissioned for the 1915 San Diego Exposition.
1915 (photo May 2000)
1915. Interpretive view of southeast face of Great Pyramid, detail of painting at left (cf. photo at right).
1915 (photo May 2000)
2003. East side of Great Pyramid, unrestored; originally it was a 4-sided, truncated pyramid, with four temples on top (cf. the 1915 reconstruction painting at left).
Jan. 2003
Northeast corner, showing division between collapsed northeast corner and restored north face with Macaw's Temple on top.
Jan. 2003
Grand staircase reconstructed 1972-1973.
Jan. 2003
View northeast from near top, showing that height is similar to that of the Pyramid of the Magician.
Jan. 2001
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