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West staircase was built on top of previous
staircase.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens) |
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West front, altar with central
column in front.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens) |
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Pyramid with top of staircase seen from the Great Platform.
Jan. 2001 (200mm lens) |
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Feb. 1923. Right side of staircase, showing extensive collaspse and rare surviving portions
of Temple I and passages behind grand staircase at bottom.
Scanned from slide taken of original photograph by M. H. Saville; reproduced Courtesy of The Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History. |
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Profile of west staircase,
subtly divided into three sections by small setbacks near
bottom and near top (cf. early photograph at left).
Jan. 2003 |
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Stepped flight of 12 masks
on each side of stairs, set back from stair steps; also showing
rare surviving portions of Temple I.
Nov. 1999 |
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Lowest mosaic mask at right
of grand staircase, showing surviving snout, the ear at left
partly covered by staircase.
Jan. 2001 |
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Next to bottom mosaic mask,
with unusual spiral eye, ear at left fully exposed.
Jan. 2001 |
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Mosaic mask immediately above mask
at left, showing that even the eyelids are similar in these
masks.
Jan. 2001 |
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1930. Photograph showing left side of staircase before restoration and before passageway
closed by infill added for support, as seen in 2 photos at right.
Photograph by Dan Leyrer as member of the Blom/Tulane expedition, 1930. Scanned from 35mm slide of the original photograph (M.31.4.365). Reproduced with permission of the Middle American Research Institute (MARI), Tulane University. |
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Base of left side of staircase after supporting infill added to prevent collapse after severe 1988 Hurricane Gilbert. Showing holes for service access (cf. 1930 photograph at left).
Jan. 2002 |
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Right side of staircase after supporting infill added.
Jan. 2002 |
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