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	$46.00 Category: Pre-Columbian Art Size: 17"H (43cm) Item Type: wall plaque Material: bonded stone Weight (lbs): 5 lbs, ship wt: 7 lbs, ship box: 21x16x9 Stock Status: In Stock Availability: Usually Ships in 1 to 2 Business Days Product Code: P-091S

Description   Temple of Inscriptions, Palenque, Mexico. 692 A.D. In the city of Palenque, in a temple on top of a pyramid, the archaeologist Albert Lluillier found in 1952 the access to a funerary cript that houses the sarcophagus of the King Pacal Votan the Great (615-683 A.D.). The Soviet scientist Alexander Kazantev came out with the theory that the relief on the lid of the sarcophagus represents an astronaut and his spaceship but according to the Mayan legend, the symbolism of the lid shows King Pacal falling into the jaws of the Earth monster each night to rise again with the power of the sun each morning. Its teeth are enlarged to demonstrate its encompassing power. At the top is the mythological "Moun" bird. The pillar-like construction above Pacal's head is the tree of life. The original lid in Mexico is twelve feet long.   Features Category:  Pre-Columbian Reproductions Description: Lid sarcophagus Palenque Item: P-091S Size: 15.5"H (39cm) Wall plaque. Casting stone,ready to hang Related Products... Aztec double headed serpent Mask of Death and Rebirth Wall Relief, Small Maya Calendar Wall Relief Maya ball player   $88.00 Add   $29.00 Add   $38.00 Add   $42.00 Add Head of King Pacal relief Mayan Tablet The Slaves Wall Relief from Palenque Aztec Moon Goddess Coyolxauhqui Large Maya vision serpent   $25.00 Add   $42.00 Add   $38.00 Add   $88.00 Add

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