Mexica Sun Stone — Stock Photo, Image

Mexica Sun Stone — Photo

Despite being known as a "calendar stone," modern archaeologists believe it is more likely to have been used primarily as a ceremonial basin or ritual altar for gladiatorial sacrifices, than as an astrological or astronomical reference.

 — Photo by vkorost

Same Series:

Anceint Mayan stone carving. Pre-Columbian art thrived throughout the Americas from at least, 13,000 BCE to 1500 CE.
Ancient Mayan stone carving — Stock Photo, Image
Tlaltecuhtli is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican deity figure, identified from sculpture and iconography dating to the Late Postclassic period of Mesoamerican chronology (ca. 1200-1519)
Stone altar disk to Tlaltecuhtli, Lord of the Earth. — Stock Photo, Image
Pre-Columbian art thrived throughout the Americas from at least, 13,000 BCE to 1500 CE.
Ancient Mayan stone carving — Stock Photo, Image
Head of Coyolxauhqui, Mexica-Aztec, Tenochtitlan, Mexico, c. A. D. 1500, Diorite. In Aztec mythology, Coyolxauhqui ("Face painted with Bells") was a daughter of Coatlicue and Mixcoatl and is the leader of the Centzon Huitznahuas, the star gods.
Head of Coyolxauhqui — Stock Photo, Image
Ancient Mayan hieroglyphs. Quirigua ruins. Guatemala
Ancient Mayan hieroglyphs — Stock Photo, Image
Ancient Mayan carving from Honduras
Ancient Mayan carving from Honduras — Stock Photo, Image
Pre-Columbian art thrived throughout the Americas from at least, 13,000 BCE to 1500 CE.
Ancient Mayan stone carving — Stock Photo, Image
Goddess Cihuateotl, 15th - early 16th century, Mexico, Aztec. The fearsome goddess sits on her clawed feet, her back slightly arched and her massive clawed hands raised, ready to pounce on her prey.
Statue of Cihuateotl — Stock Photo, Image
Pre-Columbian art thrived throughout the Americas from at least, 13,000 BCE to 1500 CE.
Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican stone statue — Stock Photo, Image
Ancient Mayan hieroglyphs carved on a stone tablet
Ancient Mayan hieroglyphs — Stock Photo, Image
Pre-Columbian art thrived throughout the Americas from at least, 13,000 BCE to 1500 CE.
Ancient Mayan stone carving — Stock Photo, Image
Ancient Mayan hieroglyphs
Ancient Mayan hieroglyphs — Stock Photo, Image
Ancient Mayan stone carving in the Quirigua ruins in Guatemala
Quirigua ruins in Guatemala — Stock Photo, Image
Ancient Mayan mural at the Great Ball Court in Chichen Itza depicting headless body of a player with the snakes streaming out of the neck. The ball game was symbolic of death and rebirth.
Ancient Mayan carvings at the Great Ball Court in Chichen Itz — Stock Photo, Image
Ancient Mayan mural at the Great Ball Court in Chichen Itza depicting the ball players wearing protective clothing and decorated with feathers.
Ancient Mayan carvings at the Great Ball Court in Chichen Itz — Stock Photo, Image
Ancient Mayan mural at the Great Ball Court in Chichen Itza depicting a player holding a knife and a severed head in another. Opposite him a headless body with the snakes streaming out of the neck.
Ancient Mayan carvings at the Great Ball Court in Chichen Itz — Stock Photo, Image

Usage Information

You can use this royalty-free photo "Mexica Sun Stone" for personal and commercial purposes according to the Standard or Extended License. The Standard License covers most use cases, including advertising, UI designs, and product packaging, and allows up to 500,000 print copies. The Extended License permits all use cases under the Standard License with unlimited print rights and allows you to use the downloaded stock images for merchandise, product resale, or free distribution.

You can buy this stock photo and download it in high resolution up to 3000x2000. Upload Date: Dec 16, 2012