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1,700-year-old altar was found in a Mayan City - and it shouldn't have been there
A 1,700-year-old Teotihuacan-style altar has been found by archaeologists within the Mayan city of Tikal in Guatemala - but ...
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Nearly 3,000-year-old Mayan complex discovered, featuring pyramids and canals
Ammon News - Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a nearly 3,000-year-old Mayan complex in Guatemala, revealing ...
Nearly 3,000-year-old Mayan city with ‘remarkable’ architecture unearthed in Guatemala
Archaeologists in Guatemala have discovered the ruins of a 3,000-year-old Maya city featuring “remarkable” architecture, ...
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Dancing Days of the Maya
and a decorative headdress. This procession continues on the northern wall, which depicts 10 people, including five dancers wearing hybrid Spanish-Maya attire and two dwarfs wearing Spanish ...
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Archaeologists have discovered a 1,600-year-old Maya altar, surrounded by children's bones
depicting a person wearing a feathered headdress and flanked by shields or regalia. Image by Heather Hurst Tikal was then one of the most important cities in the “Maya lowlands,” in present ...
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How the Louvre Abu Dhabi’s Museographic Approach and the UAE’s Soft Power Strategy Line Up
Although the curatorial parallels can feel strained, the underlying message is unequivocal: cross-cultural exchanges foster ...
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Museum facilitates return of Mayan artifact from Chicago philanthropist's collection
Manuel Martinez/WBEZ Share A Mayan artifact is set to return to Mexico ... that depicts a likely male figure donning an elaborate headdress, loincloth and mask. It originally faced another figure ...
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Pilsen museum facilitates return of Mayan artifact from Chicago philanthropist's collection
A Mayan artifact is set to return to Mexico after ... frieze that depicts a likely male figure donning an elaborate headdress, loincloth and mask. It originally faced another figure, said a ...
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Mysterious Tikal altar that wasn't Maya after all includes at least 4 skeletons — and 1 was a child
The altar was likely painted not by a Maya artist, but by an artisan from ... panels each depict a figure wearing a nose-bar and a headdress, resembling a deity known as the "Storm God" in central ...
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Rewriting Mayan History: Archaeologists Discover Hidden Altar Buried Underground
These depict a figure wearing a feathered headdress and flanked by what appear to be shields ... States and Guatemala suggest that the altar was likely not created by a Maya artist. Instead, they ...
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Archaeologists Unearth Intricately Decorated Altar That May Have Been Used for Ancient Sacrifices in Guatemala
Its painted panels of red, yellow and black depict a figure wearing a feathered headdress and dangling ... possibly of [Maya] people who were deeply familiar with Teotihuacán culture,” co ...
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Mysterious altar found in ancient Mayan city contains bodies – and wasn’t made by the Maya
Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious ... the faint outlines of a person wearing a feathered headdress on each panel and traces of bright red, black and ...