Palace House B | Maya Ruins of Palenque

House B as Alfred Maudslay found it in 1890-91

Maudslay's 1890-91 photo of House B Palenque'

House B was built by Pakal the Great but no dedication date has been found.
From the Maudslay Collection, British Museum. Used with permission under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 non-commercial license. ©he Trustees of the British Museum.

Maudslay hired laborers to help clear and prepare the site to be photographed.

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Stucco decoration and Ik ventilation ducts once graced the walls of House B

Maudslay's 1890-91 photo of stucco decoration on the back wall of House B, Palenque

From the Maudslay Collection, British Museum. Used with permission under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 non-commercial license. ©he Trustees of the British Museum.

Many remnants of beautiful stucco work were found in House B which unfortunately no longer exit today.

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Detail of the marvelous decoration found on the back wall of House B

Maudslay's 1890-91 photo of stucco detail, House B, Palenque

From the Maudslay Collection, British Museum. Used with permission under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 non-commercial license. ©he Trustees of the British Museum.

These stucco decorations would have been brightly painted and must have been elegant and stunning in their day. It seems that representations of flowers and plant shoots predominate in this design.

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