MEXICO CITY.- After its successful presentation at the National Anthropology Museum, the exhibition “Rostros de la divinidad. Los mosaicos mayas de piedra verde” (Faces of Divinity. Greenstone Maya Mosaics) will travel to Paris, France, where…
Funerary Masks of Six Maya Rulers on View at the National Museum of Anthropology
MEXICO CITY.- The goods found in graves of six leaders of the classic period of Maya culture (AD 200-900), which had been distributed to various museums after the exploration of their graves, now recover their original meaning in an exhibition that ope…
Maya Funerary Tapestry Restored and Ready for Exhibition
MEXICO CITY.- More than 1,600 years ago, nearly 8,000 shells and seeds gave form to a tapestry part of the funerary attire of a high rank personage of the ancient city of Calakmul. After its discovery in 1998 and hard work restoring and reconstructing …
Maya Funerary Tapestry Restored and Ready for Exhibition
MEXICO CITY.- More than 1,600 years ago, nearly 8,000 shells and seeds gave form to a tapestry part of the funerary attire of a high rank personage of the ancient city of Calakmul. After its discovery in 1998 and hard work restoring and reconstructing …