Lid of The Sarcophagus of Palenque Wall Plaque

Lid of The Sarcophagus of Palenque - This beautiful 14.5 inch (37cm) wall plaque made of casting stone with an antique stone finish will be treasured by anyone interested in pre-columbian art.

Lid of The Sarcophagus of Palenque Wall Plaque
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Temple of Inscriptions, Palenque, Mexico. 692 A.D.

This beautiful 14.5 inch (37cm) wall plaque made of casting stone with an antique stone finish will be treasured by anyone interested in pre-columbian art.

In the city of Palenque, in a temple on top of a pyramid, the archaeologist Albert Lluillier found in 1952 the access to a funerary cript that houses the sarcophagus of the King Pacal Votan the Great (615-683 A.D.). The Soviet scientist Alexander Kazantev came out with the theory that the relief on the lid of the sarcophagus represents an astronaut and his spaceship but according to the Mayan legend, the symbology of the lid shows King Pacal falling into the jaws of the Earth monster each night to rise again with the power of the sun each morning. Its teeth are enlarged to demonstrate its encompassing power. At the top is the mythological "Moun" bird. The pillar-like construction above Pacal"s head is the tree of life. The lid is twelve feet long.

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