from Structure & Meaning in Human Settlements, Atkin & Rykwert, eds.  

On Str. A–6, Xunantunich, a plaster frieze identifies the local king as re-enacting the creation of the cosmos, by placing a statue of him amid gigantic deity masks.
 


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