Temple V is one of the most striking buildings around the city. It has a height of 57 meters, which makes it the second tallest structure in Tikal. However, its history is quite mysterious, inside the pyramid they found a burial of a ruler are quite young which is not clear or its name, or […]
Thanks to LIDAR technology, found in Tabasco, Mexico an artificial platform maya that stretches over an area of about 563, 000sqm, according to the descriptions in the study. It is the largest and most ancient structure discovered until now, of the maya civilization, which marks the transition between an itinerant lifestyle to a more sedentary
This piece, known as ‘the clerk of Mayapan’, can be considered as one of the masterpieces best-preserved mayan art. This is a censer efige that represents to the notary ape-man, deity very important in Classic mayan art, patron saint of writers and artists.The clerk holds in his left hand, a pot in the shape of
The funerary urns are identified by their content and not so much for its context. Keep in mind that the ceramic pieces are identified by their shape, and then by its use, in this case are converted into funeral urns when we found a dead body inside. You may find a piece very similar to
The maya covered a vast territory that stretched from parts of Honduras to the South of Mexico. The borders were quite diffuse, however, it is known that the city most west of all the mayan culture is Comalcalco, in the Mexican State of Tabasco. This city is quite different from the typical architectural styles of
The pyramidal structure of Tonina is one of the complex’s largest and most impressive of the mayan culture, the central pyramid of the Acropolis is the largest in Mexico, with a façade that covers 320 square, in the northeast corner of 62 metres in height and front-to-front reaches a height of 75 meters. The Acropolis
Sculpture representing a noble of high rank disguised as a deity, feline. The characters with masks, jaguar, or wearing outfits of jaguar complete, appear frequently in the monuments, the art of painting ceramic, antique wooden lintels, architecture and other media.It was found in the Maya Lowlands; southwest of Lake Peten Itza, Peten, Guatemala. And belongs
Pedro Rafael Mena is an archaeologist and illustrator Mexican specializing in historical works, biological, and paleontological. Their excellent works give us everyday scenes of life in different cultures of mesoamerica.In the publication, we can see: 1. An aristocrat maya of the Classic period 2. Sisters on a swing, reconstruction of a scene from the culture
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