Stone carving (Stela C) at Maya site of Quirigua, Guatemala Frame:black

Stone carving (Stela C) at Maya site of Quirigua, Guatemala Frame:blackView of a large stone carving at the ancient Maya site of Quirigua located near the banks of the Motagua river in the department of Izabal, Guatemala. The photograph shows the south face of a carved stone stela known by archaeologists as Stela C, as it was first described by Alfred Maudslay in his seminal publication of the Quirigua site in his multi volume Archaeology (1889 1902). More recent scholarship dates the stela (also known as Monument 3) to

and in the far distance trees grow in a line on the plain

View of tower houses in the Tamniyah mountains in Shahran tribal territory

They are skinning the camel

and in the far distance deciduous trees grow on the mountain slopes

some of which are lined with sand fences

In the right foreground the edges of two dunes meet in a depression between the dunes

In the background a number of men and women walk through the market

Close-up view of patterned tiles on the Masjid Sabz ('Green Mosque') at Balkh

Ghazala stands in profile looking into the far left

A large mosque built of stone sits in the foreground

In the left foreground a large dry bush grows in the sand

with people walking along a path in the foreground