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Mexican Photographs, Part IV

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND HISTORY, MEXICO CITY

 

74.gif (112181 bytes)     Tlaloc
035.gif (91191 bytes)      Roof over courtyard

036.gif (97793 bytes)      Closeup of support column of courtyard roof
52.gif (71448 bytes)     Replica, Maya Building.

mural.jpg (38197 bytes)     Mural by Jorge González Camarena, National Museum of Anthropology and History
toltec.jpg (33370 bytes)      Teotihuacán statuary

maya.jpg (51208 bytes)     Pre-Columbian frontispiece
olmec.jpg (50941 bytes)     Olmec stone head
chacmol.jpg (49211 bytes)      Chacmool

tlaloc1.gif (21072 bytes) Tlaloc welcomes visitors to the National Museum of Anthropology and History 

azstone.gif (16682 bytes) Aztec sun stone, commonly called the Aztec calendar, done in 1479.

statue.jpg (40509 bytes)     Mayan sun god Kinich Ahaw (The Fire-Eyed Lord

XOCHIMILCO

 

 027.gif (144815 bytes)     Gondolas
029.gif (130207 bytes)     Gondolas

TAXCO, GUERRERO

Tourists have been fascinated by the former silver mining town of Taxco, Guerrero.These photos were taken during the Christmas season of 1969.

012.gif (139560 bytes) Taxco hillside
taxcost.gif (90617 bytes)     Taxco street

taxco2.gif (62761 bytes)     View towards the center of town.