Nebaj

For the Guatemalan municipality, see Santa Maria Nebaj.

Maya civilization

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Nebaj is an archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, located in the western Guatemala highlands. The famous Fenton Vase, now in the British Museum, originated from Nebaj.^[1]

The Fenton vase in the British Museum. Maya, from Nebaj, Guatemala, Late Classic period (AD 600-800)

Nebaj Polychrome Fragment of Old Fire God, 900-1200 AD, Maya, Guatemala, Houston Museum of Natural Science

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