Altar in Temple of the Ways Chacchoben (Illustration)

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by Betsy Mark
published on 29 January 2019

Altar in Temple of the Ways Chacchoben — Temple of the Ways, Maya city of Chacchoben, c. 700 CE. The altar, in the center of the temple, purposefully resembles a mouth and received sacrificial offerings. This temple continued to be used as a place of worship for centuries after the city of Chacchoben was abandoned.

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Original image by Betsy Mark. Uploaded by Joshua J. Mark, published on 29 January 2019 under the following license: CC BY-NC-SA. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

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Mark, B. (2019, January 29). Altar in Temple of the Ways Chacchoben. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/9970/

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Mark, Betsy. "Altar in Temple of the Ways Chacchoben." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified January 29, 2019. https://www.ancient.eu/image/9970/.

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