Stela 1 depicts Bird Jaguar IV performing a "dispersion" ceremony in 761 AD. Ruins of the Mayan city of Yaxchilan on the Usumacinta River in Chiapas,

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Stela 1 depicts Bird Jaguar IV performing a "dispersion" ceremony in 761 AD. Ruins of the Mayan city of Yaxchilan on the Usumacinta River in Chiapas, Mexico.

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

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