KachieMichelle
12-14-2005, 12:05 AM
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U.S. archeologists have unearthed the oldest known Maya painting, a 30-foot-long, brightly colored mural that depicts the Maya creation myth, the divine rights of kings and the coronation of the first human king in Mayan society.
The paint-on-plaster image, nearly 2,100 years old, predates other depictions of the creation myth by several centuries and is "perhaps the most important new [Maya] find in many, many years," said archeologist Francisco Estrada-Belli of Vanderbilt University, who was not involved in the discovery.
Many archeologists have argued that the pre-Classic societies were not fully civilized because they did not have writing and they did not have formal kingships similar to those of later periods.
The new mural discounts both of those arguments "without any doubt," Estrada-Belli said.
"In Western terms, it's like knowing only modern art and then stumbling on a Michelangelo or a Leonardo," he said.
The painting is a "masterpiece," said archeologist David Freidel of Southern Methodist University.( incidentally I completed most of my undergraduate work at SMU ) The scenes "are executed with the confidence, compositional imagination, and technical perfection of an artist who, while anonymous, must rank with the best the world has ever known."
LAtimes.com (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-121305maya_lat,0,646429.story?coll=la-home-headlines)
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The area is a great place to spend a couple of weeks in the winter, it's nice and warm with lots of Mayan ruins.
1. Chichén Itza
2. Palenque
3. Yaxchilán
4. Bonampak
5. Lagartero
6. Iazapa
7. Kaminaljuyú
8. Piedras Negras
9. Tikal
10. Uaxactun
11. Copan
12. Cuello
13. Tulúm
14. Coba
15. Dzibilchaltun
16. Uxmal
Cancún, Chichén Itza, Tulúm, and Coba make a great vacation !! And if you have the time Uxmal is another great site.
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U.S. archeologists have unearthed the oldest known Maya painting, a 30-foot-long, brightly colored mural that depicts the Maya creation myth, the divine rights of kings and the coronation of the first human king in Mayan society.
The paint-on-plaster image, nearly 2,100 years old, predates other depictions of the creation myth by several centuries and is "perhaps the most important new [Maya] find in many, many years," said archeologist Francisco Estrada-Belli of Vanderbilt University, who was not involved in the discovery.
Many archeologists have argued that the pre-Classic societies were not fully civilized because they did not have writing and they did not have formal kingships similar to those of later periods.
The new mural discounts both of those arguments "without any doubt," Estrada-Belli said.
"In Western terms, it's like knowing only modern art and then stumbling on a Michelangelo or a Leonardo," he said.
The painting is a "masterpiece," said archeologist David Freidel of Southern Methodist University.( incidentally I completed most of my undergraduate work at SMU ) The scenes "are executed with the confidence, compositional imagination, and technical perfection of an artist who, while anonymous, must rank with the best the world has ever known."
LAtimes.com (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-121305maya_lat,0,646429.story?coll=la-home-headlines)
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b349/KachieMichelle/mayantravel.gif
The area is a great place to spend a couple of weeks in the winter, it's nice and warm with lots of Mayan ruins.
1. Chichén Itza
2. Palenque
3. Yaxchilán
4. Bonampak
5. Lagartero
6. Iazapa
7. Kaminaljuyú
8. Piedras Negras
9. Tikal
10. Uaxactun
11. Copan
12. Cuello
13. Tulúm
14. Coba
15. Dzibilchaltun
16. Uxmal
Cancún, Chichén Itza, Tulúm, and Coba make a great vacation !! And if you have the time Uxmal is another great site.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b349/KachieMichelle/costa_real_cancun-beach.jpg
Gran Costa Real Hotel (http://www.itmco.com/cancun/hotels/costa-real-all-inclusive-hotel.htm) , Cancún