Yaxchilan Lintel 24

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Sculpture · c. 725 · Yaxchilan, Mexico · Americas

Lady K'abal Xook performs a bloodletting rite — a masterpiece of Maya stone carving

Yaxchilan Lintel 24 — Michel wal (Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Style: Classic Maya art — Stepped temple-pyramids and carved stelae where kings and gods speak in glyphs
Century: 8th century

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