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The sculpture depicts a sacred blood-letting sacrifice which took place on 26 October or 28 October 709. King "Shield Jaguar" is shown holding a torch, while Queen "Lady Xoc" pulls a thorn-lined rope through her tongue. It dates from around 725. British Museum

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The sculpture depicts a sacred blood-letting sacrifice which took place on 26 October or 28 October 709. King "Shield Jaguar" is shown holding a torch, while Queen "Lady Xoc" pulls a thorn-lined rope through her tongue. It dates from around 725. British Museum

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This large relief sculpture of a crouching feline was carved by Nopiloa artist from an irregular boulder of volcanic stone. It most likely depicts one of the 2 largest predators in the Americas, either a jaguar or a puma. From Mexico, 600–1000 CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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This large relief sculpture of a crouching feline was carved by Nopiloa artist from an irregular boulder of volcanic stone. It most likely depicts one of the 2 largest predators in the Americas, either a jaguar or a puma. From Mexico, 600–1000 CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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"La Parisienne", aka the Minoan Lady, is a fresco fragment from the Palace of Knossos in Crete, dated around 1400 BC. It depicts a young woman in profile with large, black-outlined eyes, bright red lips, fair skin and black hair, often interpreted as a priestess due to her attire...

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"La Parisienne", aka the Minoan Lady, is a fresco fragment from the Palace of Knossos in Crete, dated around 1400 BC. It depicts a young woman in profile with large, black-outlined eyes, bright red lips, fair skin and black hair, often interpreted as a priestess due to her attire...

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Lintel 25 , Maya bas-relief carved in limestone during the reign of king Itzamnaaj B'alam II, , Yaxchilan, Mexico, c. 770 CE. It shows Lady Xook during a bloodletting ritual in which she has invoked the vision of a Teotihuacan serpent…

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Lintel 25 , Maya bas-relief carved in limestone during the reign of king Itzamnaaj B'alam II, , Yaxchilan, Mexico, c. 770 CE. It shows Lady Xook during a bloodletting ritual in which she has invoked the vision of a Teotihuacan serpent…

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Union between a toad and jaguar - In the Andean worldview, toads are associated with the humid world, while jaguars are associated with the earth. From this union a toad with the ears of a jaguar is born, and from its body there sprout cassava plants. Moche culture, Larco Museum, Lima

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Union between a toad and jaguar - In the Andean worldview, toads are associated with the humid world, while jaguars are associated with the earth. From this union a toad with the ears of a jaguar is born, and from its body there sprout cassava plants. Moche culture, Larco Museum, Lima

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A proverb tablet, dated to the Old Babylonian Period , which says: "The dog understands: 'Take it!' It does not understand: 'Put it down!'". From Iraq, now housed at the British Museum

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A proverb tablet, dated to the Old Babylonian Period , which says: "The dog understands: 'Take it!' It does not understand: 'Put it down!'". From Iraq, now housed at the British Museum

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"Nymph and Old Satyr" marble relief, Herculaneum, 1st c. AD. The scene depicts a nymph repelling a satyr. She is pushing his face trying to stay away, while the satyr grabs her hand and pulls her towards him. The image belongs to the broad Roman tradition of nymph-and-satyr scenes...

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"Nymph and Old Satyr" marble relief, Herculaneum, 1st c. AD. The scene depicts a nymph repelling a satyr. She is pushing his face trying to stay away, while the satyr grabs her hand and pulls her towards him. The image belongs to the broad Roman tradition of nymph-and-satyr scenes...

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A ceramic whistle, from Peru, which depicts an individual with their hands near their mouth as if they were shouting or calling. A child appears above the person’s head as if being carried on his or her shoulders. Cupisnique culture, 200–500 BCE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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A ceramic whistle, from Peru, which depicts an individual with their hands near their mouth as if they were shouting or calling. A child appears above the person’s head as if being carried on his or her shoulders. Cupisnique culture, 200–500 BCE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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