SOUTH AMERICAN PICTURES
Palenque

File number:- mgc0149

© South American Pictures/ Tony Morrison

Palenque, Mexico from Classic Maya period (AD250-AD900). Detail of a carving in the Temple of the Foliated Cross which depicts Lord Pacal and Chan-Bahlum on either side of a giant cob of maize bearing human heads.

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