Stone carving (Stela D) at Maya site of Quirigua, Guatemala Type:stretched canvas

Stone carving (Stela D) at Maya site of Quirigua, Guatemala Type:stretched canvasView 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 a man standing beside the east side of a carved stone stela known by archaeologists as Stela D, 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

Two women stand near the well in the left background

In the foreground three men walk through a market aisle across a number of large pieces of fabric laid on the floor

In the distance beyond two of the party's camels stand where the wadi bed transitions from a covering of sand to small rocks

Full length portrait of three young Arab boys in the town of Ash Shuqaiq

Group portrait of three Hopi girls

next to a wooden trunk and a knot of rope

View of a well in the city of Seiyun

In the near distance one man walks up a large bare dune

A vast area of rolling dunes spreads out into the far distance behind

In the background cargo containers rest in the sand next to beached dhows (sailboats)

He also carries a rifle slung under his left arm

View of a ruined building in New Sabya (Sabya al Jadid)