Archaeology Museum - Juarez, Mexico
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| Photo courtesy of Jill Porco |
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This is a face from the beautiful Maya pyramid at Uxmal. The long, elephant-like nose indicates that this is the face of Chac, the Mayan rain god. Faces of Chac are quite common on Maya structures in the Yucatan, symbolizing the critical importance of water to this agricultural society. Facades like this were built in what archaeologists call the Early Classic Maya period, during the years 250-600 AD. This is contemporaneous with the fall of Rome and the Dark Age in Europe, and the Six Dynasties period in China.
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