Archaeologists unearth rare 7th century mask showing Mayan ruler in his old age

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[BenLurkin]

gnip

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks BenLurkin.

[Larry Lucido]

It’s Mayan. All Mayan!

[V_TWIN]

Wow, that dude had some beak on ‘em.

[nickedknack]

>Insert headshot of Helen Thomas here.<

[BenLurkin]

"Hot-cha-cha-cha-cha!"

[dfwgator]

Inca Dinka Doo!

[facedown]

Wow, that dude had some beak on ‘em.

They built up the bridge of the nose with putty often well up onto the forehead. Don't know if it was pure aesthetics or symbolized status.

[Fred Nerks]

Pacal had a flying machine...

[Flag_This]

Pacal is falling into the jaws of the underworld.

[Fred Nerks]

Video link

King Pakal's Spaceship, The Ancient Mayan Astronaut "Palenque astronaut"

[Flag_This]

I’m just not a big fan of Erich Von Daniken and his ancient astronauts. Don’t even get me started on the Annunaki.

[Fred Nerks]

I’m not a fan of Von Daniken either, but this artifact needs a whole lot more investigation and research, it’s just so out of place imo.

[pax_et_bonum]

>Insert headshot of Helen Thomas here.<

:-)

[Flag_This]

Here's one interpretation:

"In reality, the relief shows the World Tree, which the Maya believed had its roots in the underworld, trunk on the earthly plane, and branches high in paradise, and Pacal's relationship to it in death. The king is depicted either at the moment of his death falling from the earthly plane down into Xibalba or at the moment of his resurrection from the underworld, climbing up the World Tree toward paradise. The adornments along the edges represent the sky and other glyphs the sun and moon and, still others, past rulers of Palenque and Pacal's place among them. The bird at the top of the tree is the Bird of Heaven (also known as The Celestial Bird or Principal Bird Deity) who represents the realm of the gods in this piece, and the `urn' beneath Pacal is the entrance to Xibalba." link

[Fred Nerks]

Skeletal remains at the National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City

[PLMerite]

I watched an old move with him in it the other day, “The Cuban Love Song,” from 1931.

[BenLurkin]

That’s obviously a tunnel boring machine. Not a spaceship.

[Rebelbase]

I see features of alien origin not too many generations removed from the initial breeding.