This burial urn depicts a person, accompanied by skulls, as they are received into the Maya underworld. (Image credit: The Walters Art Museum; (CC0 1.0 Universal))QUICK FACTSName: Urn with jaguars and skullsWhat it is: A ceramic burial urnWhere it is from: GuatemalaWhen it was made: Circa A.D. 600 to 900This colorful ceramic urn depicts a person wearing a jaguar costume and surrounded by human skulls, about to be received into the Maya underworld. The urn once held the bones of an ancestor for their descendants to venerate.The urn was anonymously gifted to The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore in 2008. According to the museum, the urn is about 17.5 inches (44.5 centimeters) tall and was likely...