Arqueomayagt

This detailed figurine comes from the Island of Jaina, famous for its multiple figures of pottery that depict scenes from the life of maya. This figure in particular representanta to the powerful goddess Chak Chel, one of the goddesses creators of the universe. Patron saint of births, labor, tissues, healing, destruction and divination (among many […]

The theme of death is seen associated with the rebirth of vegetation, is a dualistic thinking, this means that you need death to the emergence of the plants and germinate again. Let us remember the Popol Vuh, the head dicapitada of Hun Hunahpu causes it to blossom the tree of gourd. In the image we

What you’re seeing in the image is nothing more and nothing less than a luxury item maya. It is a pendant made of shell, polished, and carved. The scene presents us with a seemingly supernatural, lying on his torso, with grounds water on the left side, and holding a flower of four petals (the symbol

Altar 5 was found in Complex N, which lies to the west of Temple III. J In this altar you can see Jasaw Chan K’awiil and an ajaw of Maasal clothes decorated with symbols related to death, because this monument records the consecration of the human remains of the lady Tuun Kayawak by the king

The skull deformation was quite accepted among the Maya, who practiced for several centuries, until as a sign of ethnic identity and social hierarchy. To generate this modification was a task that corresponded to the mother of the newborn and the main instrument was a cunita of wood as stated in various representations. It seems

Sayil was an important maya city during the terminal classic, based their power and wealth, at least in part, on agriculture. Highlights of this city, his devoted and beautiful architecture and, above all, his great palace. This palace has a facade of 85 m. and is built on a platform of double terrace, which gives

Ceramic seal brown with relief decoration that shows a hummingbird, beak long and pointed, with the observed wings, crest on the head and the tail. A spiral in the center gives shape to the body. Spike later as a handle. Period: Classic Period (250-900 ce d.C.) The stamps pre-hispanic are portable objects that combine the

This beautiful panel was carved some time between the seventh century and X, although it is not known with certainty of his origin, it is widely believed that it comes from The Chicozapote tree, a site nearby Yaxchilan, as it presents many similarities with other murals in the area. The bodies of the two characters