Stone carving (Zoomorph B) at Maya site of Quirigua, Guatemala Sue Johnson

Stone carving (Zoomorph B) at Maya site of Quirigua, Guatemala Sue JohnsonView of a large stone carving at the ancient Maya site of Quirigua located near the banks of the Motagua river in the department of Izabal, Guatemala. The photograph shows a man standing beside the south face of a carved stone zoomorph known by archaeologists as Zoomorph B, as it was first described by Alfred Maudslay in his seminal publication of the Quirigua site in his multi volume Archaeology (1889 1902). More recent scholarship dates the zoomorph

Salim bin Ghabaisha crouches on a rocky outcrop looking into the far left distance

one and two storey houses made from coral are built close together

The building is three storeys tall and it has a number of small windows

and the Masjid-i Shah mosque visible in the distance

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting under a tree west of the Hamrat ad Duru region

Portrait of a young woman with plaited hair

Standing portrait of two falconers in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party

A few men stand on the shore and alongside nearby buildings

a sheikh of the Mahamid lineage of Duru Bedouin

View of a crowd of locals and traders at the suq (market) in the town of Abha

Further beyond a two storey building fronted with a wooden canopy lines the square

A kotia sits in choppy water