A tourquoise-covered skull from Tomb 7 at Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico. Museum of Oaxacan Cultures, Oaxaca, Mexico. Thought to represent Mictlantecuht

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A tourquoise-covered skull from Tomb 7 at Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico. Museum of Oaxacan Cultures, Oaxaca, Mexico. Thought to represent Mictlantecuhtli, the Lord of the Place of the Dead, and was used as a ceremonial or ritual object.

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Photo credit: © Jon G. Fuller/VWPics / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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