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English: The main thing to see at the Quirigua site is this stela, largest in the Mayan world.
Stela E was dedicated on 24 January 771 by K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat. Its total shaft measures 10.6m (35 ft) in height, including the buried portion holding it in place, which measures just under 3m (10 ft). This enormous monolith is the largest stone ever quarried by the ancient Maya and weighs approximately 65 tons, it may even be the largest free-standing worked monolith in the New World. In 1917 this stela, already tilting from vertical, finally fell over completely after heavy rains, although it remained unbroken. In 1934 an attempt was made to raise the stela using a winch and steel cables, during which the cables snapped and the monolith fell and was broken into two pieces, which have since been joined back together using concrete. This stela bears portraits of K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat on its front and back. |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by archer10 (Dennis) at https://www.flickr.com/photos/22490717@N02/4266034077. It was reviewed on 10 November 2012 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0. |
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