SOUTH AMERICAN PICTURES
Palenque

File number:- mgc0109m

© South American Pictures/ Tony Morrison

Palenque, Mexico from Classic Maya period (AD250-AD900). Lord Pacal's sarcophagus in the Temple of the Inscriptions. The carving on the lid depicts Pacal falling into the underworld, with a symbolic 'World Tree' and 'Celestial Bird' above him.

 

 

 

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