A team led by archaeologist Jessica Ortiz Zevallos has returned to the Temple of the Painted Pillars at the site of Pañamarca in northwestern Peru, where they have image is of a two-faced man who is shown both on the top and the bottom of a pillar. “A person with two faces has never been seen in Moche painting,” says Columbia University archaeologist Lisa Trever. “It’s unique and shows the artists playing with portraying the same person in two different moments.”
TEMPLE TIMES TWO
Jun 10, 2023
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