This figurine clay has a helmet removable, which allows you to have two different expressions of the same character, in addition, has a hole in the right hand where it seems to have had space for a weapon or a flag.The figure was sacked, so it is not known where it was found or what […]
This beautiful vase was painted some time between the century VII and VIII. Is painting by using the ‘codex-style’, that is to say, is painting in a way that tells a story confirm the vessel is moving (a kind of comic old) The inscription at the top refers to ‘raise the cup’ in honor of
View from the royal palace Right next to temple I, Tikal, is the so called Central Acropolis. A magnificent palace, which served the double purpose of accommodating royalty and as the administrative center of the city. It is believed that several of the functions of public administration is carried out in this place.The palace stands
Maya artists are not used to make realistic representations in his art, this is mainly due to his artistic taste was looking for to represent abstract matters more than reproduce reality, this practice separated them greatly from their european counterparts. While europeans sought to bring his art to reality, the mayans were looking closer to
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Have been found as artifacts of obsidian in the maya area multiple uses, from the home and medical, to the religious and military.It is known that it was used for the development of tools such as knives to cut plant fibers, feathers, woods, and leathers; to make scrapers of maguey; drillers of leather, bone and
One has the idea that the mayans believed that the strabismus was something beautiful and aesthetic, however, it could be something much more important than that. Strabismus may have helped the maya to generate three-dimensional effects in their structures, which could be used to force visions, or access to altered states of consciousness.About your nose
Lintels as the image adorned the interior of many of the palaces Maya during the classic period, many of them were lost in time as they were commonly made of wood. This lintel was found in the interior of the temple IV at Tikal (The temple of the serpent bicefala, image 6), and was transferred
Chaac, the mayan god of rain, it was usually depicted with a long nose tilted upward. It was one of the principal deities as rain played a major role in the life of mesoamerica. According to the stories, the god dwelt in the caves, or cenotes, which are also associated with the entrances to the
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