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In Maya, Kukulkan means “feathered serpent god,” and this god ... in the Tulum Ruins Archeological Site. A statue of the ...
Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Maya maize god (made around 1,300 years ago). Stone statue, found in Honduras ... modellers - and a sovereign plumed serpent - they sought and ...
The statue is of the Mayan maize god. He was found in a pyramid-style temple in Copan in modern-day Honduras surrounded by many other maize gods. In Mayan mythology, the maize god was decapitated ...
The sculpture was intended to depict a beheaded figure, echoing other Maya art depicting various headless gods. Maize, or corn, was not only an important source of food for the Maya—it also ...
The stone sculpture was discovered during conservation work in the Mayan city of Palenque, near the Usumacinta River in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. A Mayan corn god's head has been ...
Experts discovered a rare sculpture of the ancient Maya god K’awiil, near the path of construction for a large-scale rail project in Mexico. Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia.