EditorialThe Yaxchilan Lintels. Lintel 15. Structure 21. Carved limestone lintel with glyphs and a scene representing Lady Wak Tuun, during a bloodletting rite. She is carrying a basket with the paraphernalia used for auto-sacrifice: stingray spine, a rope and ...
EditorialLintel 24, one of three panels from structure 23 at Yaxchilan, Mexico. It represents a bloodletting ritual performed by the king of Yaxchilan, Shield Jaguar II, and his wife, Lady K'ab'al Xook. The Maya king holds a flaming torch over his wife, who i...
EditorialChristian Schmidt, the high representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dec. 17, 2021. (Damir Sagolj/The New York Times)
EditorialRelatives of victims of the Srebrenica massacre mourn in Potocari, Bosnia, prior to the reburial of the remains on July 10, 2016. (Andrew Testa/The New York Times)
EditorialLintel 25. Lady K'ab'al Xook. Lady Xook is in the hallucinatory stage of the bloodletting ritual. She conjures before her a vision of a Teotihuacan serpent. This lintel is one of a series of three panels from Structure 23 at Yaxchilan. Limestone, 725-7...
EditorialThe Yaxchilan Lintels. Lintel 15. Structure 21. Carved limestone lintel with glyphs and a scene representing Lady Wak Tuun, during a bloodletting rite. She is carrying a basket with the paraphernalia used for auto-sacrifice: stingray spine, a rope and ...
Editorialcup, spout, head, small cup with long spout of light green, transparent glass. Such cups were probably used in bloodletting. The cup has a cylindrical body with a thick-walled round bottom. The edge is folded out in a band-like manner. A spout is attac...
Editorialcup, spout cup, head, Small cup with long spout of light green, transparent glass. Such cups were probably used in bloodletting. The cup has a cylindrical body with a thick-walled round bottom. The edge is folded out in a band-like manner. A spout is a...
EditorialMedical diagrams showing cautery points as red dots. The first three miniatures are doctors with patients who have cautery points marked on their bodies; the fourth shows doctors treating gout: one holds the patient's tongue, the other catches the bloo...
EditorialA woman carries a baby among a crowd near a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, that was attacked on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)
EditorialMiniature of a bloodletting man with one foot in a bleeding pan and a spindle in his hand, with English captions. Miscellany with various astronomical, calendrical, medical, and philosophical texts. England; 15th century. Source: Harley 3719, ff.158v-1...
EditorialInitial 'N': bloodletting; grotesque animal above. Li Livres dou Santé. France, late 13th century. (Detail) Initial 'N': bloodletting; grotesque animal above. Image taken from Li Livres dou Santé. Originally published/produced in France, late 13th ...
EditorialMedical diagrams showing cautery points as red dots. The first three miniatures are doctors with patients who have cautery points marked on their bodies; the fourth shows doctors treating gout: one holds the patient's tongue, the other catches the bloo...
EditorialLintel 24, one of three panels from structure 23 at Yaxchilan, Mexico. It represents a bloodletting ritual performed by the king of Yaxchilan, Shield Jaguar II, and his wife, Lady K'ab'al Xook. The Maya king holds a flaming torch over his wife, who i...