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1000places > UXMAL, MEXICO - The elaborate frieze on the top of the Governor's Palace shows the intricacy of Mayan artwork, including the depiction of the rattlesnake that was revered in the Mayan culture.
1000places > UXMAL, MEXICO - The Palace of the Governor is an imposing three-level edifice with a 320-ft. long mosaic facade, built in the 9th and 10th centuries.
1000places > UXMAL, MEXICO - A closer view of the Jaguar Throne, carved like a two-headed jaguar, which the Mayas associated with kings.
1000places > UXMAL, MEXICO - Still another view of the Pyramid of the Magician. Its rounded edge was unlike any we had seen - or would see - in the ancient Maya world.
1000places > UXMAL, MEXICO - Seen through the distinctive corbel arch - a key element of Mayan architecture - is the Palace of the Governor perched on a plateau above the Nunnery Quadrangle.
1000places > UXMAL, MEXICO - The Palace of the Governor stands on an artificial raised platform with an altar with a double-headed jaguar throne to one side.
1000places > UXMAL, MEXICO - The name Uxmal means 'thrice-built' in Mayan, referring to the construction of its highest structure, the Pyramid of the Magician. The Maya would often build a new temple over an existing one, and in this case five stages of construction have actually been found.
1000places > UXMAL, MEXICO - The Pyramid of the Magician, at 100 feet the tallest structure in Uxmal, is actually named accurately. According to an ancient legend, a magician-god named Itzamna was single handedly supposed to have constructed the pyramid in one night. From archaeological excavation however, we know that the pyramid was constructed in several superimposed phases.
1000places > UXMAL, MEXICO - A 300-mile drive brought us to the Uxmal Hacienda. When we opened the doors off of our room, greeting us in the fading light of the evening was this scene of a Mayan ruin (the Pyramid of the Magician).
UXMAL, MEXICO - The elaborate frieze on the top of the Governor's Palace shows the intricacy of Mayan artwork, including the depiction of the rattlesnake that was revered in the Mayan culture.

1000places > UXMAL, MEXICO - The elaborate frieze on the top of the Governor's Palace shows the intricacy of Mayan artwork, including the depiction of the rattlesnake that was revered in the Mayan culture.
UXMAL, MEXICO - The elaborate frieze on the top of the Governor's Palace shows the intricacy of Mayan artwork, including the depiction of the rattlesnake that was revered in the Mayan culture.

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