In fact, the mask's raised turquoise may depict the wart-faced god Nanahuatzin, who, according to Aztec mythology, sacrificed himself to the fire and emerged to become the sun.

The mask is put on. The line between reality and illusion, god and man, life and death blurs ... photographer Phyllis Galembo has traveled Africa and Haiti documenting the art of the masquerade.

The green mask was found at ... as the "City of the Gods" due to the presence of its massive pyramids dedicated to deities. These include the Pyramid of the Sun, the third-largest pyramid in ...