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by Cheryl Norman
(The legacy of V. Garth Norman lives on.)
“Izapa Stela 5 is the most detailed and important Tree of Life rendering in the ancient world.” – Mary Ellen Miller, Yale University. In Fig. 1 below, the SPIRAL symbol in the upper left corner, below the two fish represents FAMILY: ONE ETERNAL ROUND.
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