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Wednesday, October 23, 2013
A Face from the Earth
A jade figurine in the tomb of a very early ruler at Tak'alik Ab'aj archaeological site in Retalhuleu, south of Guatemala City, one of a small group of sites that have both Olmec and Maya features.
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