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Villahermosa – Museo Regional de AntropologĂ­a
May 5, 2014 550 × 799 Villahermosa – Museo Regional de AntropologĂ­a

Mayan Glyphs

This fragment from a Mayan Stele provides a wonderful close-up of the intricate pictorial writing that the Mayans used.

© Robin Heyworth, 30th December 2001

Mayan Glyphs from a fragment of a stele
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