Stephens and Catherwood named the sculptures idols and altars, assuming they were carvings of gods with sacrificial stones. Now we call them “stelae” and altars, and understand that these limestone ...

For instance this print shows a collection of sculpture found nearby, but not originally located in front of the pyramid (these individual sculptures can be found as etchings in Incidents of Travel).

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