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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  Courtesy 
  of 
  the 
  Peabocly 
  Museum 
  of 
  Harvard 
  University 
  

   POUR 
  MAYA 
  MONUMENTS 
  OP 
  DIFFERENT 
  AGES, 
  SHOWING 
  THE 
  DEVELOPMENT 
  OP 
  

   STONE-CARVING 
  DURING 
  THE 
  OLD 
  MAYA 
  EMPIRE 
  

  

  The 
  firsl 
  monument 
  (Stela 
  3, 
  at 
  Tical) 
  dates 
  from 
  229 
  A. 
  D. 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  (Stela 
  25, 
  at 
  

   Naranjo) 
  is 
  [25 
  years 
  later, 
  dating 
  from 
  354 
  A. 
  I).; 
  the 
  third 
  (Stela 
  B, 
  at 
  Copan) 
  is 
  118 
  

   later 
  than 
  the 
  second, 
  dating 
  from 
  472 
  A. 
  1).; 
  the 
  fourth 
  (Stela 
  10, 
  at 
  Seibal) 
  is 
  118 
  

   years 
  later 
  than 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  dates 
  from 
  590 
  A. 
  1). 
  

  

  