Entries from January 2008
Tonina Doorway
January 28, 2008 · Comments Off
The site is medium in size, with groups of temple-pyramids. The largest is about 250 feet high. There is a large court for playing the Mesoamerican ballgame, and over 100 carved monuments, most dating from the Maya Classic Era from the 6th century through the 9th century. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Xpuhil, Campeche.
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The State of Campeche is a state in the south-east region of the Mexican Republic. It is bordered by the Mexican states of Yucatán to the north east, Quintana Roo to the east, and Tabasco to the south west. To the south it is bordered by the Petén department of Guatemala and to the west by the Gulf of Mexico.
In addition to the city of Campeche, the state of Campeche includes many ruins of the Maya civilization such as Becán, Calakmul, Silvituc, Dzibilnocac, Edzná, Hocchob, Holactún, Río Bec, Uxul, Xicalango, Xpuhil, and Xtampak.
Campeche derives from the name of the Mayan city of Kan pech, which became today’s San Francisco de Campeche. From Wikipedia.
Xpuhil, Campeche., originally uploaded by orion cc.
Categories: Campeche
Magician’s Pyramid at Uxmal, Mexico
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Magician’s Pyramid at Uxmal, Mexico, originally uploaded by technicle.
Categories: Uxmal
Uxmal Geometrics
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uxmal geometrics, originally uploaded by suttonhoo.
Categories: Uxmal
Baby Figure Mexico Olmec, Ceramic
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As the first civilization in Mesoamerica, the Olmecs are thought to have begun ballgame, bloodletting and perhaps human sacrifice, writing, the invention of zero and the Mesoamerican calendar.
Like later peoples, they lived in city-states Some researchers, including art historian Miguel Covarrubias, think Olmecs started believing many of later Mesoamerican gods
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baby Figure Mexico Olmec 12tho-9th century BCE Ceramic, originally uploaded by mharrsch.
Categories: Olmec
Jaguar Statue, Museo de Antropologia
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There were several Jaguar Gods.
The Jaguar God of Terrestrial Fire
The Jaguar God of Terrestrial Fire is recognizable by a ‘cruller’ around the eyes (making a loop over the nose), jaguar ears, and jaguar fangs. He personifies the number Seven, which is associated with the day Ak’b'al ‘Night’. He is usually called ‘Jaguar God of the Underworld’ and assumed to be the ‘Night Sun’, i.e., the shape taken by the sun during his nightly journey through the underworld. Read more on Mayan kids.com
God L
God L (according to the designation of codical gods), one of the major aged Mayan deities, and associated with black sorcery and riches, belongs to the jaguar deities: He has jaguar ears and a jaguar mantle and lives in a jaguar palace. Some take him to be the main ruler over the Underworld, and in that sense, god L would have to be considered the true “Jaguar God of the Underworld”.
The Jaguar Goddess of Midwifery
The aged goddess of midwifery and curing, Ix Chel, belongs to the jaguar deities. She has jaguar ears and claws and can show the looped cruller element of the Jaguar God of Terrestrial Fire (Birth Vase), suggesting that she might be a spouse to this deity.
jaguar statue, museo de antropologia, mexico city, originally uploaded by hadley coull.
Categories: Art
