Arqueomayagt

This column of limestone, is carved in relief a half, represents an individual adorned next to a dwarf. It is very likely that the central figure is a ruler, adorned with sacred grounds. Carved columns are not common in the ancient maya art, but appear in the Puuc region of the Yucatan peninsula. It is […]

This sculpture depicts the mayan deity Chahk as a warrior, he is holding an axe, a symbol of a lightning bolt. The two holes in the axe would have been filled with knives of stone, in his other hand he probably had a shield. We can also observe a belt padding, very similar to that

This mask Olmec seems to have been quite revered and sacred to the mayas of the classical period. The #Olmec predated the Maya and was settled mainly on the coast of the gulf of Mexico, however, this mask was found in Petén. It is believed that hundreds of years after it was created it was

These are the first photographs or registered trademarks of Tikal, taken by Alfred Percival Maudslay in 1882. Some of the stories of second-or third-hand of Tikal began to appear in newspapers from the late SEVENTEENTH century and were followed by the writings of John Lloyd Stephens, in the NINETEENTH century. (During your travel, 1839-1840, in

The Codex Maya, Mexico (also called a Codex Grolier) is one of the four mayan codices of pre-hispanic, which still remain. According to studies it has been established that the codex was created between 1021 and 1154 of our era, to the time you had to have a useful life of approximately 104 years which

Q’umarkaj was the former seat of government of the grand kingdom K’iche. One of the most powerful kingdoms of the guatemalan highlands during the post-classic maya. The central plaza was dominated by the temple of #Tohil, patron deity of Q’umarkaj and a deity jaguar associated with the sun and the rain. This temple is located

Figure ceramic animal, contoured to hand in the shape of a crocodile. Although its shape is obvious, both his tail as his ears make you think that might be a representation of a supernatural being. Functioned both as a whistle (the air holes appear in front of the hind legs), and a sonajera (it has

The pyramid of the magician is one of the pyramids most beautiful, colorful and mysterious in the maya area. Reaches up to 35 meters, and is the only one with an oval base and the steps are unusually narrow and steep, surpassing almost always 45 degrees (it is believed this was arranged with the intention