Museo Nacional Arqueología y Etnología de Guatemala

Museo Nacional Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala	Most tourists avoid Guatemala City like the plaque, but the National Archaeological Museum is highly worthwhile	National Archaeological and Ethnological Museum, Guatemala City	Statue outside the National Archaeological Museum
Mayan deity in front of the National Archaeological Museum	National Archaeological Museum, Guatemala City	MUNAE, Guatemala City	Mayan Warrior in front of the National Archaeological Museum
Stela in front of the National Archaeological Museum, Guatemala City	Detail of a stela in front of the MUNAE	Detail of another stela in front of the MUNAE	Mural in lobby of the National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Guatemala City
Polychromatic tripod vase, Lowlands - Early Classic Period, 250-600 AD	Quiché lid, Late Classic Period, 600-925 AD	Quiché Urn, Late Classic Period, 600-925 AD	Mask of Uaxactun, from 40 km north of Tikal
Altar Base No. 4, Kaminaljuyu, Terminal Preclassic 200 BC-200 AD	Altar Base No. 5, Kaminaljuyu, Terminal Preclassic 200 BC-200 AD	Sculpture with a form of a fungus, Kaminaljuyu, Late Preclassic Period, 250 BC-250 AD	Anthropomorphic Figurine, Villa Nueva (Highlands), Late Preclassic 250 BC-250 AD
Detail of Monument 65 from Kaminaljuyu, Late Preclassic Period, 200 BC-200 AD	Courtyard of the National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Guatemala City	Stele 13, Piedras Negras, 771 AD	Stela 6, Piedras Negras, 687 AD
Stela 40, Piedras Negras, 766 AD	Reverse, Stela 40, Piedras Negras, 766 AD	Stela 3 of Ceibal (Petén), Late Classic Period, 810 AD	Stela 24, Naranjo, 699 AD
Stele 4, Ucanal (Petén), Late Classic Period, 849 AD	Stela 1, Ixlu, 859 AD	Stela 2, Naranjo, 716 AD	Detail of Stela 3, Tamarindito (Petén), Late Classic Period, 600-900 AD
Hieroglyphics on Stela 4, Ixtutz, 780 AD	Anthropomorphic Sculpture, El Obrero, Classic Period 250-900 AD	Altar Support, Piedras Negras (Petén), Late Classic, 790 AD	Stela 12, Piedras Negras, 795 AD
Detail of Stela 12 from Piedras Negras, 795 AD	Stele 15, Piedras Negras, 785 AD	Zoomorphic Tenon, South Coast, Lake Preclassic Period 250 BC-250 AD	Hongo Zoomorfo, Kaminaljuyu, Late Preclassic Period, 400 BC-100 AD
Hongo Antropomorfo, Kaminaljuyu, Late Preclassic Period 400 BC-100 AD	Rectangular tray with monkey-shaped handle, Kaminaljuyu, Preclassic Period, 2000 BC-250 AD	Kaminaljuyu - major Mayan archaeological site in the area of what is now Guatemala City	Marker from a Ball Court, Kaminaljuyu, Late Preclassic Period 300 BC-250 AD
Incense burner with three heads, Kaminaljuyu, Late Preclassic Period, 250 BC-250 AD	Anthropomorphic Incense Burner, Kaminaljuyu, Late Preclassic Period, 250 BC-250 AD	Anthropomorphic Incense Burner, Kaminaljuyu, Late Preclassic Period, 250 BC-250 AD	Zoomorphic Sculptured, Kaminaljuyu, Late Preclassic Period 200 BC-200 AD
Stela 11, Kaminaljuyu, Late Preclassic, 200 BC-200 AD	Detail of Stela 11 from Kaminaljuyu	Anthropomorphic Sculpture, Kaminaljuyu, Preclassic Period 2000 BC-250 AD	Anthropomorphic Pedestal Sculpture, Malacatán, South Coast, Middle Preclassic Period, 800 BC-300 AD
Diorama of Mayan village life, National Archaeological Museum	Diorama of a Mayan market, National Archaeological Museum	Diorama of a Mayan steam bath (Temascal)	Diorama of a Mayan temple ceremony
Model of the Mayan city of Tikal at its peak	Model of central Tikal	Model of central Tikal - Gran Plaza	Model of Tikal - Southern Acropolis and Templo V
Model of Tikal - Templo III	Model of the City of Tikal, Museo Nacional Arqueología	Model of the City of Tikal, Museo Nacional Arqueología	Model of Tikal - Gran Plaza
Model of Tikal - Southern Acropolis	Model of Tikal - Plaza of the 7 Temples & Lost World	Model of Tikal seen from the northwest	Model of Tikal
Polychromatic tripod vase, Tikal, Classical Period, 250-600 AD	Diorama of Mayan Rituals - the Ruler being carried	Diorama of Mayan Rituals - sacrifice	Hun Nal Ye - La Caja de Piedra, the stone box
Anthropomorphical "Tapadera" - South Coast, Early Classical 250 BC-600 AD	Anthropomorphical incense burner of the Teotihuacan Style, South Coast, Early Classic Period 250 BC-600 AD	Anthropomorphical incense burner of the Teotihuacan Style, South Coast, Early Classic Period 250 BC-600 AD	Anthropomorphical incense burner of the Teotihuacan Style, Kaminaljuyu, Early Classic Period 250 BC-600 AD
Burial cave, Rio Azul	Figurine	stuccoed anthropomorphic vessel with lid, Kaminaljuyu, Early Classical Period 250 BC-600 AD	"Cuenco" with lid, Uaxactun, Petén, Early Classical 250 BC-550 AD
Stamps, Molds and Miniatures, Classical Period, 250-900 AD	Drum, Late Classical Period, 550-925 AD	Monkey-shaped flute, Kaminaljuyu, Early Classic Period, 250-600 AD	Polychromatic vessel, Lowlands, Late Classic Period 600-925 AD
Altar, South Coast, Lake Classic 600-900 AD	Stela Fragment, Palo Gordo (South Coast), Late Classic Period 600-900 AD	Diorama of the transportation of a Mayan stela	Diorama of the carving and erection of a Mayan stela
Diorama of the carving of a Mayan stela	Diorama of the erection of a Mayan stela	Commemorative Marker, Tikal, Classic Period 250-900 AD	Wooden lintel No. 1, El Zotz (Petén), Late Classic Period 650-750 AD
Lintel 3 from Temple IV, Tikal	Copy of the Codex Tro-Cortesiano, part of the larger Madrid Codex	Códice Trocortesiano	Only three pre-Columbian Mayan books survived the Spanish conquest
The Codex Tro-Cortesianus consists of 56 printed sheets	A page of the Codex Tro-Cortesianus	The Codex consists of almanacs and horoscopes used by Mayan priests	It is believed that the Codex Tro-Cortesianus was written in the Yucatan 1250-1450 AD
The Codex is thought to have been brought back to Spain by Hernan Cortes, but it was lost until the 1860's	The original of the Codex Tro-Cortesianus is preserved at the Museo de América in Madrid	Page of the Mayan Codex Tro-Cortesianus copy of the Museo Nacional Arqueologia y Etnologia	Lintel 3 from Piedras Negras, 8th C. AD
Anthropomorphic Tenon, South Coast	GuatemalaJan12 2275.jpg	Stela 36, Piedras Negras (Petén), Early Classic Period, 445 AD	Detail of Stela 36, Piedras Negras, 445 AD
Altar of Puerto Barrios, Izabal, Late Classic Period 746 AD	Throne 1 of Piedras Negras, Late Classic Period, 785 AD	Detail of the back of the Piedras Negras Throne	Stela 11, Dos Pilas (Petén), Late Classic Period (600-900 AD)
National Archaeological Museum of Guatemala City	Stela 7, Machaquila (Petén), Late Classic Period 830 AD	Polychrome vessel, Topoxte, Late Classic Period 800-925 AD	Incense Burner, El Quiché, Postclassic Period, 925-1524
Incense Burner, La Lagunita, Postclassic Period, 925-1524	Incense Burner with Effigy, Cauinal, Postclassic Period 925-1524	Lead decanter, Highlands, Postclassic Period 925-1524	Double vessel with effigies, San Andrés Sajcabaja, Postclassic Period 925-1524
Polychromatic vessel with handles, Chimaltenango, Postclassic Period 925-1524	Model of the archaeological site of Zaculeu, Guatemala	Model of the archaeological site of Zaculeu, Guatemala	Ethnographic section of the museum - village diorama
Ethnographic section of the museum - village diorama	Man's outfit for daily use, San Pedro La Laguna	Men and women's suits, Santa Catarina Palopó (Sololá)	Men and women's suits, San Pedro La Laguna
Representation of a dwelling at Lake Atitlan	The Cult of Maximon	The Cult of Maximon	The Cult of Maximon
Danza del Venado - Dance of the Deer	Danza del Venado - Dance of the Deer	Danza del Venado - Dance of the Deer	Danza del Venado - Dance of the Deer
Danza del Venado - Dance of the Deer	Mural - National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Guatemala City	Daily use woman's dress - San Pedro Sacatepéquez	Mask from the Dance of the Devils, Cobán, Alta Verapaz
Máscara - Danza de diablos, San Cristobal, Totonicapán	Traditional Clothing - Huipil, San Mateo Ixtatán	Traditional Clothing - Huipil, San Mateo Ixtatán	Woman's dress for daily use (K'iche') - Totonicapán