EditorialPre-Columbian Art. Maya. Chac statue (rain god) or an offeror on a Feathered Serpent. It lies on the steps of the Temple of the Warriors. Maya-Toltec style. Classical period (late 900-1224). Chichen Itza. State of Yucatan. Mexico.
EditorialThe figure of a Chac-Mool, ready to receive the hearts of victims of human sacrifice, gazes at Kukulcan Pyramid at Chichen Itza, Yucatan. The Site was founded by the Maya, but building continued by invading Toltecs after 918. Height of the Pyramid 30 m...
EditorialThe Pyramid of the Magician, Uxmal. The entrance to the upper temple is shaped like the mouth of the rain-god Chac. The priests who prayed in the upper temple observed stars and planets for their predictions and divinations (7th-10th CE). Height 28 m.
EditorialAmelia Lopez Patrykus, far left, sets up takeout trays as the chef James Martinez shows Sally Chacón, a Sacred Heart volunteer, how to portion rice flavored with cilantro and chicken broth, at La Tilma, a restaurant run by Sacred Heart Catholic Church in El Paso, Texas, March 24, 2022. (Ivan Pierre Aguirre/The New York Times)
EditorialMiguel de Chac?n y Dur?n (1798-1878). Pol?tico e intelectural. Dibujo por Llanta. Detalle. Litograf?a. Cr?nica General de Espa?a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Andaluc?a, 1869. Biblioteca Hist?rico Militar de Barcelona, Catalu?a, ...
EditorialMiguel de Chac?n y Dur?n (1798-1878). Pol?tico e intelectural. Dibujo por Llanta. Detalle. Litograf?a. Coloreada. Cr?nica General de Espa?a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Andaluc?a, 1869.
EditorialThe Governor's Palace, Uxmal. The building is 100 m long and 9 m high and has 24 chambers under an ornate frieze with a cornice like an undulating snake. Rain-god Chac appears between geometric ornaments. A double-headed jaguar, symbol of death, in the...
EditorialThe figure of a Chac-Mool, ready to receive the hearts of victims of human sacrifice, gazes at Kukulcan Pyramid at Chichen Itza, Yucatan. The Site was founded by the Maya, but building continued by invading Toltecs after 918. Height of the Pyramid 30 m...
EditorialTrunk-like noses of the rain-god Chac form the cornice of the East Building, Quadrangle of the Nuns, Uxmal. Uxmal lies on a dry limestone plateau and the only water supply came from rain, collected in huge reservoirs, hence the importance of the rain-god.
EditorialARTE PRECOLOMBINO. MAYA. MEXICO. ESTATUA DEL DIOS CHAC-MOOL, caracter?stico de la cultura tolteca, adoptado tambi?n por la cultura maya. CANCUN. Pen?nsula del Yucat?n.
EditorialMiguel de Chac?n y Dur?n (1798-1878). Pol?tico e intelectural. Dibujo por Llanta. Detalle. Litograf?a. Cr?nica General de Espa?a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Andaluc?a, 1869. Biblioteca Hist?rico Militar de Barcelona, Catalu?a, ...
EditorialPre-Columbian Art. Maya. Chac statue (rain god) or an offeror on a Feathered Serpent. It lies on the steps of the Temple of the Warriors. Maya-Toltec style. Classical period (late 900-1224). Chichen Itza. State of Yucatan. Mexico.
EditorialMiguel de Chac?n y Dur?n (1798-1878). Pol?tico e intelectural. Dibujo por Llanta. Detalle. Litograf?a. Cr?nica General de Espa?a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Andaluc?a, 1869. Biblioteca Hist?rico Militar de Barcelona, Catalu?a, ...
EditorialMiguel de Chac?n y Dur?n (1798-1878). Pol?tico e intelectural. Dibujo por Llanta. Detalle. Litograf?a. Coloreada. Cr?nica General de Espa?a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Andaluc?a, 1869.
EditorialPedro Chac?n (1526-1581). Matem?tico y te?logo espa?ol. Dibujo por Llanta. Litograf?a. Cr?nica General de Espa?a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Castilla-La Nueva, 1869. Biblioteca Hist?rico Militar de Barcelona, Catalu?a, Espa?a.
EditorialMiguel de Chac?n y Dur?n (1798-1878). Pol?tico e intelectural. Dibujo por Llanta. Detalle. Litograf?a. Coloreada. Cr?nica General de Espa?a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Andaluc?a, 1869.
EditorialTrunk-like noses of the rain-god Chac form the cornice of the East Building, Quadrangle of the Nuns, Uxmal. Uxmal lies on a dry limestone plateau and the only water supply came from rain, collected in huge reservoirs, hence the importance of the rain-god.
EditorialPedro Chac?n (1526-1581). Matem?tico y te?logo espa?ol. Dibujo por Llanta. Litograf?a. Cr?nica General de Espa?a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Castilla-La Nueva, 1869. Biblioteca Hist?rico Militar de Barcelona, Catalu?a, Espa?a.
EditorialThe Pyramid of the Magician, Uxmal. The entrance to the upper temple is shaped like the mouth of the rain-god Chac. The priests who prayed in the upper temple observed stars and planets for their predictions and divinations (7th-10th CE). Height 28 m.
EditorialARTE PRECOLOMBINO. MAYA. MEXICO. ESTATUA DEL DIOS CHAC-MOOL, caracter?stico de la cultura tolteca, adoptado tambi?n por la cultura maya. CANCUN. Pen?nsula del Yucat?n.
EditorialPre-Columbian Art. Maya. Chac statue (rain god) or an offeror on a Feathered Serpent. It lies on the steps of the Temple of the Warriors. Maya-Toltec style. Classical period (late 900-1224). Chichen Itza. State of Yucatan. Mexico.
EditorialARTE PRECOLOMBINO. MAYA. Representaci?n del DIOS CHAC-MOOL, caracter?stico de la cultura tolteca, adoptado tambi?n por la cultura maya. CHICHEN-ITZA. Pen?nsula Yucat?n. M?xico.
EditorialThe figure of a Chac-Mool, ready to receive the hearts of victims of human sacrifice, gazes at Kukulcan Pyramid at Chichen Itza, Yucatan. The Site was founded by the Maya, but building continued by invading Toltecs after 918. Height of the Pyramid 30 m...
EditorialThe Pyramid of the Magician, Uxmal. The entrance to the upper temple is shaped like the mouth of the rain-god Chac. The priests who prayed in the upper temple observed stars and planets for their predictions and divinations (7th-10th CE). Height 28 m.