Part of a fresco from the Temple of the Warriors in Chichen Itza, a late Maya site in Mexico. The im
Part of a fresco from the Temple of the Warriors in Chichen Itza, a late Maya site in Mexico. The image shows an attack on a coastal town, with homes being attacked and captives being taken. Some scholars, noting that the captives are lighter-skinned than the captors, have seen this image as a depiction of two distinct ethnic or racial groups fighting (some have even speculated that these captives may have been related to the Vikings who reached Canada around the same time). Other scholars argue that the difference in skin color is not meant to represent the actual appearance of the captives, but as a shorthand for the two different warring groups.{WHF} {HTE} {Medium} -- source link
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