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El Azuzul is best known for two pairs of monumental sculptures, now on exhibit at Museo de Antropologia, Jalapa , Mexico. These statues were found on the south side of the large pyramid/hill on the site, apparently undisturbed since they were placed there in Pre-Classic Times . The first pair of statues are nearly-identical seated human figures. When discovered the two statues were facing east, one behind the other. Some researchers have suggested that these "twins" are forerunners of the Maya Hero Twins from the Popul Vuh ,"The physical arrangement and characteristics of human figures and felines bear uncanny symbolic resemblances to later period myths from the Maya and Central Mexican cultures about twins and jaguars." Cyphers, 1999, p. 174 although their headdresses have led others to describe them as priests. "''una pareja de sacerdotes''" Facing these two humans was a feline-like statue, identified by some as a jaguar. Slightly larger than the humans it faced, the feline is roughly 1¼ meters high. A 1.6 meter version of this feline was found a few meters away, to the northeast. In addition to the large pyramid/hill, El Azuzul contains other possible structures, now completely overgrown. REFERENCES
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