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This Mayan altar lies flat on the ground in the plaza between pyramid temples I and II. It is dated 711 A.D. in the late classic period, at the termination period of the rule of Ah Cacau. This image appeared on the old Guatemalan paper money bill, the ten quetzal. 

Two priests officiate over an alter with a human skull that rests upon a stack of femur bones, each decorated with a serpent’s head.

The occidental style of the right priest’s hat still engenders conjecture over pre-Colombian Asian contacts and spreads chills as we contemplate the significance of the decorative human skulls. These two characters are adorned with feathers, ribbons and jaguar pelts as they brand sacrificial knife and lance. The circumferential glyphs (there are 31) are artworks unto themselves. Four other glyphs are thought to honor lady Ah Cacau, wife of Tikal’s 26th ruler.

Size: Approx 5-1/2 feet tall (hanging) 

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