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artandarchaeology

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2022

Archaeologist, natural science illustrator, and former art history professor specializing in Classic Veracruz iconography and epigraphy---following the road to ruins on five continents and multiple countries. Closer to home I enjoy hiking, biking, kayaking, and exploring caves, tunnels, industrial ruins, and insectivorous bogs.

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The pyramid.

Orange Walk, Belize

Cuello Mayan Ruins

These enigmatic ruins continue to vex archaeologists.

Altun-Ha.

Rock Stone Pond, Belize

Altun-Ha

An important Mayan religious and trading center dating back to 200 BC.

A life size replica structure is build in the museum of Copán

Copán Ruinas, Honduras

Rosalila Temple

A full-size replica of this well-preserved temple lets you take a walk through the Mayan age.

The Hieroglyphic Stairway.

Copán Ruinas, Honduras

Hieroglyphic Stairway of Copán

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

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Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala

Maximón

Guatemalan womanizer, venerated during Holy Week.

Sunrise over Atitlán.

Guatemala

Lago de Atitlán

Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.

Detail of one of the stelae.

Guatemala

Mayan Stelae at Quirigua

Mesoamerican monoliths and zoomorphic stones covered in royal visages, ancient mythology, and grand celestial events.

Howler monkeys at La Lancha, a lodge near Tikal.

Tikal, Guatemala

Howler Monkeys of Tikal

These roaring primates were considered a divine creature in the cosmology of the Maya.

Mother and baby "Ma'ax."

Tikal, Guatemala

Spider Monkeys of Tikal

Monkeys inhabit the lush forest surrounding ancient Mayan ruins once considered sacred.

View from the top

Tikal, Guatemala

Tikal Temple IV

Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.

Spider Web Rice Fields

Ruteng, Indonesia

Spider Web Rice Fields

The unique design was created by the traditional way communal rice paddies were divided among the indigenous people.

Borobudur

Magelang, Indonesia

Borobudur

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

Pura Ulun Danu Bratan

Baturiti, Indonesia

Pura Ulun Danu Bratan

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

Goa Gajah

Sukawati, Indonesia

Goa Gajah

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

View of the Pura Dalem temple

Ubud, Indonesia

Sacred Monkey Forest (Mandala Wisata Wenara Wana)

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

Fort Jesus.

Mombasa, Kenya

Fort Jesus

This colonial fort is an intriguing example of Renaissance military architecture.

People using donkeys to carry loads in Lamu town.

Lamu, Kenya

Donkeys of Lamu Island

Kenya’s oldest town is more than 700 years old and home to 6,000 donkeys.

Gedi Ruins

Malindi, Kenya

Gedi Ruins

Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.

Tippu Tip's house.

Zanzibar, Tanzania

Tippu Tip's House

This slowly crumbling mansion was home to one of East Africa's richest and most powerful slave traders.

Grand Mosque

Kilwa Masoko, Tanzania

Kilwa Kisiwani Ruins

Stunning ruins of what was once the center of one of the greatest empires in East Africa.

Chullpa

Puno, Peru

Sillustani

These ruined Incan mausoleum towers still bear carvings of sacred animals on their blocks.

Tile depicting the Moche creator god, Ayapec.

Moche, Peru

Huaca de la Luna

The outside of this exposed Moche pyramid is covered with striking colorful adobe friezes.

Taquile Island

Puno, Peru

Taquile Island

On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.

Tambomachay

Cusco, Peru

Tambomachay

An Inca spa, military outpost or maybe… both?

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