Headless Maya statue discovered in excavation of ancient city
The limestone statue has been nicknamed "Yum keeb" - or the god of phallus and fertility.
Workers of Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) talk next to a sculpture carved in stone representing the Mayan god of fertility Yum Kee, in the archaeological zone of Oxkintok, in Maxcanu, state of Yucatan, in Mexico, December 7, 2022. (photo credit: REUTERS/Lorenzo Hernandez)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFUpdated:
