Monday 11 February 2008

Sayil

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Sayil is a late clasic and post-classic site in the Puuc region. It is famous for its three-storey palace decorated with a frieze of masks of the rain god Chac. It was worth keeping on his good side in this limestone region where water is so scarce. It also makes use of columns, both free-standing and as a bas-relief motif, something not seen in earlier visits to highland sites.

Stela, Sayil
Building under restoration, Sayil
Palace, Sayil
Detail of Palace, Sayil
Palace, Sayil
El Mirador, Sayil
Yum Keep, phallic sculpture, Sayil
Hieroglyphic doorway, Sayil
Corbelled vault, Sayil
Tumbled stones from facade shwoing tenons to attach to building, Sayil
Chaac mask, Sayil
Corbelled vault and niche, Sayil
Chaac mask, Sayil
Palace, Sayil
Detail of Palace, Sayil