So anyway I am in Tabasco again on business. I have to admit I was dreading this trip quite a bit… but fortunately I was able to sleep most of the nine hours to Villa Hermosa. Today we had the day off but I decided that having seen “la venta archaeological park” so many times I would venture off to Comalcalco, try to do some presentations and check out the Mayan Archaeological site there. Anyway from what I could tell doing my research before I went, the site seemed to be quite small… however been the sucker for Archaeology that I am I was very enthused about going. When I got there I was treated to a very neat site. The site is not huge, but by no mean small… it has several buildings of considerable size and a couple pretty cool pyramids, the biggest being the not so imaginatively named “Pyramid I”. The site also has a really nice little museum, but what it lacks in size it really makes up in quality… however I can tell that the photos don’t really do the artifacts justice, specially since you don’t get that much of an idea of the scale. Anyway I hope you enjoy the pics. If you ever find yourself in Tabasco make sure you check this place out.
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Interior of Acropolis Plaza
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Pyamid I photographed from its backside
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The remains of a really cool sculpture of a Pelican (about 1 x .5 meters)
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Very cool lifesize portrait (seems like a jolly old guy eh?)
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Pyramid I
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Shot of the main plaza
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Some interesting stucco work
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Large stucco mask (about 2.5 x 1.5 meters)
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Another shot of the acropolis interior
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