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Ancient Mesoamerican sculpture uncovered in southern Mexico

With one arm raised and a determined scowl, the figure looks ready to march right off his carved tablet and into the history books. If only we knew who he was - corn god? Tribal chief? Sacred priest?

"It's beautiful and was obviously very important. But we will probably never know who he was or what the sculpture means in its entirety" - University of Wisconsin-Madison archaeologist John Hodgson.

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