Stela 35 in Building 21 depicts Lady Evenstar, the mother of king Bird Jaguar IV. She is performing a blood-letting ceremony. The ruins of the Mayan

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Stela 35 in Building 21 depicts Lady Evenstar, the mother of king Bird Jaguar IV. She is performing a blood-letting ceremony. The ruins of the Mayan city of Yaxchilan on the Usumacinta River in Chiapas, Mexico.

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Size: 7952px × 5304px
Location: Yaxchilan, Chiapas, Mexico
Photo credit: © Jon G. Fuller, Jr. / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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