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Pakal's Sarcophagus Lid

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Pakal's Sarcophagus Lid

Provenance

Culture: Mesoamerican
Classification: relic
Mythic location: Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque (historical); in myth, the road between Xibalba and the heavens
Origin: Maya royal funerary art encoding the king's passage along the axis mundi.

Description

The carved lid of K'inich Janaab' Pakal's tomb at Palenque — a world-tree vision of descent and rebirth between underworld and sky.

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