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Useful terms related to the ancient and wonderful Maya culture.

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Located in the modern state of Chiapas, Bonampak is a Classic Period Maya site along the Usumacinta river. This is where many of the magnificent Maya murals were discovered in 1946. These paintings ...

Domain: Arts & crafts; Category: Murals & decorative painting

"Book of the People". Also "Book of Advice". The Maya Cosmovision is described in full detail in this book. It describes how, after three failed attempts, the gods created mankind from Maize. the ...

Domain: Anthropology; Category: Archaeology

Also, hi·er·o·glyph·i·cal. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of ...

Domain: Anthropology; Category: Archaeology

Popol Vuh, Ancient Quiché Maya mythology. According to the mythology, after creating and destroying men from mud, wood and stone the Gods created their first human being from white corn. The gods ...

Domain: Anthropology; Category: Cultural anthropology

It's a cycle from the Mayan calendar. A b'ak'tun is 20 Katun cycles of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar. It contains 144,000 days, equal to 394.26 tropical years. The Classic period of Maya ...

Domain: Astronomy; Category: Mathematical astronomy

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