QUIRIGUA MAYAN RUINS: ZOOMORPH P (North Face), GUATEMALA. 1984 Photo by Peter Wendelken.

QUIRIGUA ZOOMORPH P, situated among the Quirigua Mayan Ruins in eastern Guatemala, is a huge sandstone boulder that was carved by Mayan sculptors more than 1,200 years ago. The Quirigua Mayan Ruins are situated near the banks of the Río Motagua in the eastern lowlands of Guatemala. On the rounded form of the Mayan Zoomorph P are images that were carved with incredible detail and artistic skill.

In this magnificent Mayan stone sculpture, Zoomorph P portrays King Sky Xul seated in the jaws of a Mayan Crocodile Monster which is a component part of the Mayan Cosmic Monster depicted on this Zoomorph. Flanking King Sky Xul are the two eyes of the Crocodile Monster which are shown as bulging hemispheres complete with partially closed eyelids. The forehead of the Mountain Monster is located above Sky Xul's head. Zoomorph P was discovered by Frederick Catherwood in 1840. Zoomorph P is a huge sculpture standing a little over 7 feet tall. It is 10 feet long and 11.5 feet wide and rests upon 3 large stone slabs.

Zoomorph P was dedicated by the Quiriguá King Sky Xul on September 15, 795.

ZOOMORFO P (Superficie Norte) en las Ruinas de Quirigua en el oriente de GUATEMALA. Foto de Septiembre de 1984.

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Taken in: Guatemala / Izabal / Quiriguá (show map)

Taken on: September 5, 1984

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