Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Chaak - the rain god is portrayed in this pyramid. The hair consists of corn leaves as corn was the basic food for the Mayans. The rain god's nose looks like a snake. And some of their signs look like a euro sign also - fascinating stuff. Pretty amazing that they believed that it was the highest honor to be sacrificed for the people...

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