The entrance to the antechamber is presided over by a powerful representation, clear in its meaning: an owl, a bird that in the Zapotec imagination encapsulated the concepts of night and death. This figure is not a mere ornament; its beak ritually covers the stuccoed and painted face of a male individual, a probable portrait of the principal figure interred in the tomb.
Paging @anon6789@lemmy.world ! This seems relevant to your interests 😁
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That is amazing! Can’t wait to get some more photos of that. Thank you so much for tagging me.
In the meanwhile, there’s someone here that may enjoy this even more than me!
@MisterNeon@lemmy.world
Oh that’s choice stuff! Look at the detail on the face! You can still see a bit of black and red paint on the side!
The photos make it look like a movie set. It doesn’t look anywhere near 1400 years old. They must have been so excited to find a place like this.