This is a close-up of one of five well-preserved stucco masks honoring the Mayan sun god Kin’ich Ahau at Kohunlich, an archaeological site on the Yucatán Peninsula in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. The 6- to 8-feet-tall ( to meters) sculpted masks flank the central stairway of a 6th-Century pyramid called the Temple of the Masks.

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This is a close-up of one of five well-preserved stucco masks honoring the Mayan sun god Kin’ich Ahau at Kohunlich, an archaeological site on the Yucatán Peninsula in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. The 6- to 8-feet-tall ( to meters) sculpted masks flank the central stairway of a 6th-Century pyramid called the Temple of the Masks.

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Size: 2550px × 3981px
Location: Kohunlich, Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Photo credit: © Michele and Tom Grimm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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