Mexico: Sacred Art

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Aztec calendar stone depicting Tonaituh, the Fifth Sun, the face and symbol of our current epoch of the earth.

Teotihuacan: emblem of Quetzalcoatl - 'Feathered serpent', who is also described in myths as a bearded, pale-skinned stranger who came from across the sea.

Nanahuatzin, the bubonic god, whose sacrifice ushered in the Fifth Sun.

Hieroglyph for a cycle of time surmounting a pillar in the so-called 'Palace of the Quetzal Butterfly' at Teotihuacan.

Stellar Venus symbol from Teotihuacan, dispensing influence downwards towards the earth. Compare with picture 8 in Egypt gallery 6.

Twin pumas back to back. Compare these to the Egyptian 'Akeru', back-to-back lions associated, like these at Uxmal, with the solstices. See Image 1, Egypt gallery 2.

Altar, La Venta.

This seated figure from La Venta wears a similar head-dress to the Nemes head-dress worn by the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt.

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