Arqueomayagt

In 1967, a man named Eugenia Alvarez bought in Mexico a lot of 11 heads of stucco with traces of red paint and blue. This batch was sold in 1982 to the philanthropist and art collector Morton D. May that when you die, donated to the art museum of Saint Louis. These heads are in […]

Pakal, the Great was one of the kings most famous and respected of the classic maya, it was considered as a wise king, and just as a reformer, lit.The scene in the image is a representation of when it took power in the year 615, the same is carved in high relief on the board

Figurine of ceramics, hand-molded, represents a young god of maize. His body is found inside a cob.In this representation we can see that god has the elongated head, and her headdress is of feathers, which have remnants of color, maya blue. The forearms of god are lying on the cob. Due to the fact that

Calakmul is one of the cities largest and most impressive of the mayan area. The site encompasses approximately 70 km2 and has more than 6,000 structures and was, together with Tikal, and Palenque, one of the great regional powers, during the classic period maya. Calakmul means ‘City of the two Adjacent Pyramids’, the name was

In this type of vessels to be served the beverage made from cocoa, these mixtures are poured from above with a smaller container to create a lather. According to belief, during the festivities, attendees paddled his own cup in a larger container to share.In the glass we can see the ruler Kaan Took sitting on

This figure ceramic represents an adult, you probably carrying flowers and medicinal plants. It is especially interesting because in it we can see clearly the escarificaciónes in the face. The scarification was an aesthetic practice, fairly common among the maya, and was common among adult men and women. The scarification, most common were made on

Artistic representations of sexuality among the mayans were quite imaginative. Or coitus or masturbation used to be represented explicitly. These acts are rather insinuated in a subtle way: two bodies confronted, the woman tilted back, a man touching a chest, the knees of the woman slightly open, etc,The maya preferred to the imagery of the

For the maya, sexuality was not a taboo, they had perceptions and conceptions about sexuality quite similar to the one we have currently. Some practices were linked to a religious context or ritual, but obviously, the same is not limited to only that.We can find representations of sex scenes on pieces of pottery, bone, stone,