Using greens and blues as the predominant colors, the snake mask incorporates elements of symbolic meaning. Blue accents represent the wood element in Chinese culture, a choice befitting the Year ...

Inspired by the decorated masks used in Lunar New Year parades, the stamp features a three-dimensional snake mask adorned with symbols of spring, gold accents, and colors reflecting the wood ...

Thanks to sites around this city-state, including Holmul, archaeologists are now piecing together the story of the Snake kings. Masks from the tombs at Calakmul were meant to ease the passage of ...