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Blood sacrifice ceremony / Maya

Maya culture, late classic period 770AD. Blood sacrifice ceremony of king Yaxun Balam (right) and his wife Lahka Ahaw. Stone relief. Limestone, 69.2 × 76.2 × 5cm. From Yaxchilan, Chiapas, Mexico, temple 21, door lintel 17. London, British Museum.

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Blood sacrifice ceremony / Maya

Caption:

Maya culture, late classic period 770AD. Blood sacrifice ceremony of king Yaxun Balam (right) and his wife Lahka Ahaw. Stone relief. Limestone, 69.2 × 76.2 × 5cm. From Yaxchilan, Chiapas, Mexico, temple 21, door lintel 17. London, British Museum.

Technique/material:

SCULPTURE • RELIEF

Museum:

London, British Museum

Credit:

Album / akg-images / Werner Forman

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Image size:

3364 x 3056 px | 29.4 MB

Print size:

28.5 x 25.9 cm | 11.2 x 10.2 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1ST MILLENNIUM A. D. • 8TH CENTURY • 8TH • AMERICAN INDIANS: MAYA • BLOOD OFFERING • CEREMONIAL ACT • CEREMONIES • CEREMONY • CHIAPAS • CULT • CULT, MAYA • CULT: SACRIFICE • DOOR LINTEL • EIGHTH CENTURY • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • HISTORY. • KING • LAHKA AHAW • LATE CLASSICAL MAYAN • LONDON • LONDON, BRITISH MUSEUM • MARRIAGE • MATRIMONIO • MATRIMONY • MAYA CULTURE • MAYA • MAYAN • MAYAS • MEXICAN ART • MEXICO • OFFERING (RELIGION) • OFFERING • PRE-CONQUEST AMERICA • QUEEN • QUEENS • RELIEF (AID) • RELIEF • RITE • RITUAL • RITUAL?? • SACRIFICE (RELIGION) • SACRIFICE • SCULPTURE • SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS • WEDDING • WERNER FORMAN • YAXCHILAN • YAXUN BALAM