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7 followers · 652 posts · Server mstdn.socialCheck out the tall standing stone in Quirigua, Guatemala that's trending on #StandingStoneSunday #Quirigua #Maya #UNESCO #Geolocation #Izabal #Guatemala https://www.GPTrending.com/#/?date=2023-02-19&topic=StandingStoneSunday
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GPTrending · @GPTrending
5 followers · 266 posts · Server mstdn.socialCheck out the tallest ancient standing stone in the Americas that was just discovered in #Guatemala! #StandingStoneSunday #Quirigua #Maya #Archaeology https://www.GPTrending.com/#/?date=2023-02-12&topic=StandingStoneSunday
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JQ Jacobs · @jqjacobs
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#StandingStoneSunday #Quirigua #PhotoResearch
Another old #photo, from a #GlassPlate, found via #Maudslay #Archaeology Mesoweb Publications: https://www.mesoweb.com/publications/Maudslay/ and from #LibraryofCongress via #WikimediaCommons https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guatemala._Quirigua_LCCN2016821509.jpg
Cropped and colorized. Again, click the image to see the top.
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JQ Jacobs · @jqjacobs
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Another #Quirigua photo with people for scale.
#Panoramio #PhotoShare by d dieger
https://web.archive.org/web/20161101154053/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/114482054
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JQ Jacobs · @jqjacobs
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Doing some #Quirigua #PhotoResearch I found a good travel blog, https://www.svudapodji.com/en/mesoamerica-2008-30/
and a great old photograph here, https://www.svudapodji.com/en/mesoamerica-2008-30/
Having people next to the stela really shows the scale of the monument. Click the image to see the top too.
JQ Jacobs · @jqjacobs
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Tallest ancient standing stone in the Americas, 10m.
Creative Commons, modified photo, resized, cropped to 16 : 9.
Photo credit: Arian Zwegers https://www.flickr.com/photos/azwegers/15772721779
#UNESCO #Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/149/
#Geolocation 15.2719, -89.0403
#Stela #Izabal #Guatemala
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