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Multi-periodSite Name: Quirigua Alternative Name: The Quirigua Cauac Sky StoneCountry: Guatemala Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Copan (Dept of) Nearest Village: Quirigua
Latitude: 15.271896N Longitude: 89.039944W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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john_op_stap visited on 6th Apr 2004 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Stunning carvings on the stelae!
Tdiver visited on 1st Jan 1991 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 5
Ahdzib have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Ambience: 5 Access: 4.5
The massive monolithic stone known as Stella E stands at approx 35 feet high (12 metres tall) and is estimated to weigh 130,000 pounds or 60,000 kilograms. Made out of sandstone, it is carved with Mayan god-like figures and tables of glyphs (Mayan picture writing). It probably dates from 771 CE. The carvings include the Cauac Sky diety receiving his mystical powers from the ruler of Copan, oddly called "Rabbit 18". He was eventually defeated by Cauac Sky who ordered that he be beheaded.
Originally the stone stood largerly undiscovered in the forests of the Sierra de la Minas, until it's discovery in the 1880s by Alfred P Maudsley (1850-1931) the British consul who explored the lost Mayan civilisations of Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras. At that time the massive stone was tilted - with the suggestion that it was, in fact, a phallic stone. Today the stela stands with five other carved stones and two stone animals at an educational exhibition centre at Quirigua.
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