Sujet
Pair of Ear Ornaments, 150-200. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Pair of Ear Ornaments, 150-200. Near Teotihuacán's largest palace is a small temple gorgeously ornamented with green-feathered serpents, symbols of the earth's fertility. Beneath the temple lie at least 120 human sacrifices, most men, many warriors, and some wearing greenstone ornaments like these, perhaps a set. The sacrifices, apparently laid out to mark the cardinal directions, may have consecrated the temple or a ruler's tomb, or both.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F98_011
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
64,4Mo (3,1Mo) / 52,5cm x 30,7cm / 6199 x 3631 (300dpi)