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 Bonampak Structure 1, Room 1

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Room 1 centers around the scene depicted here in the upper register (yellow background).
On a slightly raised platform in the upper-right hand corner of this picture,
an infant heir to the throne is being presented to the resident and visiting dignitaries of Bonampak.
Click on the upper register of the photo to zoom in on the central nobility.
Below the nobility (surrounded by the blue background)
dancers wearing large ceremonial feather headdresses display for the infant heir.