"Dramatic" New Maya Temple Found, Covered With Giant Faces
Saturday, July 21, 2012 - 01:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Once blood red, the monument depicts the sun god as shark, blood drinker, and jaguar—and sheds new light on the Maya god-king connection.
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