One of the Most Emblematic Pieces, the Millenary Maya Stela will Be Complete Again

MEXICO CITY.- With more than 2,000 years of age, the stela that depicts the “Divine Lords of Tonina Creating the Universe”, one of the most emblematic pieces at Maya Hall of the National Museum of Anthropology (MNA) will appear complete once the missing part that corresponds to a hand is reintegrated. When entering the Maya Hall, one of the pieces that welcome visitors is the stela found in Tonina, Chiapas where the divine twins mentioned in Popol Vuh are represented by the rulers of the city. After archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) found the missing fragment and it underwent cleaning and restoration, it was sent to the INAH Direction of Archaeological Studies, from where it will be moved to MNA to be reintegrated to the monument that dates from 727 AD. Archaeologist Juan Yadeun Angulo mentioned that the stela was found in 2002 at Witz Palace, in Tonina, where it was used

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