Facsimile of the Codex Mendoza, ca. 1541–1650 (1831–48) by Agostino Aglio, from Antiquities of Mexico.
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b77a3c0a-c2fc-46e0-b2d6-51e90a8777cd
#rowboats #mayans #severed-heads #mexico #aztec #symbolism #antiquities #colonialism #art #publicdomain
Facsimile of the Dresden Codex, ca. 1200–1250 (1831–48) by Agostino Aglio, from Antiquities of Mexico.
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/759ff4af-a4b0-4363-9040-fdd81a8ab6fb
#mayans #mexico #aztec #symbolism #human-animal-hybrid #antiquities #colonialism #art #publicdomain
Facsimile of the Codex Vaticanus B, ca. before 1596 (1831–48) by Agostino Aglio, from Antiquities of Mexico.
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/e8064e54-1e82-4a00-979b-3b9c7b69f8a3
#animals #monkeys #mayans #mexico #aztec #symbolism #antiquities #colonialism #art #publicdomain
How the Mayans were able to accurately predict solar eclipses for centuries
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-mayans-accurately-solar-eclipses-centuries.html
#HackerNews #Mayans #SolarEclipses #Astronomy #History #AncientCivilizations
Facsimile of the Dresden Codex, ca. 1200–1250 (1831–48) by Agostino Aglio, from Antiquities of Mexico.
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2db258f2-629a-4509-8ea5-4a804a265eb2
#mayans #mexico #aztec #symbolism #human-animal-hybrid #antiquities #colonialism #art #publicdomain
Pet peeve:
Mixing up Aztecs with Mayans is about the same as mixing up the French with the Czechs.
Facsimile of the Codex Vindobonensis, ca. late 15th or early 16th century (1831–48) by Agostino Aglio, from Antiquities of Mexico.
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/62404df9-a7ee-4614-ae16-a51a31e25555
#mayans #rainbows #mexico #aztec #symbolism #antiquities #colonialism #art #publicdomain
𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗮 𝗔𝗽𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝘆𝗽𝘀𝗲
Cambridge researchers have used cave stalagmites to reveal devastating 13-year drought that helped collapse Maya civilization 1,000 years ago, providing first seasonal climate data for Terminal Classic period.
#maya #MayaCivilization #mayacollapse #mayans #ancientorigins #ancienthistory #mesoamerica
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/maya-drought-collapse-0022349
90% build up and a climax that comes at such a quick turn, you could think you fell asleep and woke up in a different movie. My full review by following the link.
#MovieReview #Mayans #Horror
https://boxd.it/as4IVb
To celebrate Mayan new year, ten fascinating facts about the Mayans.
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2025/07/22-july-mayans.html?m=0
#happybirthday #AdaMaris #actress #Captain #ErikaHernandez #columbia #nx02 #startrek #enterprise #home #affliction #divergence #nurses #summerplayhouse #aboutlastnight #mayans #onelifetolive #knightrider #NashBridges #WalkerTexasRanger #TheDistrict #MysteryWoman #TheGarcias #startrek58 @trekcore
A couple of years before COVID, at the Mayan site of Quiriguá (Guatemala).
[17:22] Mayans in Guatemala call on multinationals to stay away
Indigenous Mayans in Guatemala have called for a halt on multinational companies coming to their communities and extracting resources.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0311/1501506-guatemala-mayans/
#Mayans #Guatemala
#Mayans bejewelled teeth along with using gold wire, used also for #braces.
https://youtube.com/shorts/n1UgF4phJcs?si=iGAYTCxV1aCjl0AE
https://linktr.ee/thebentist
#thebentist
Ancient Maya Practice of Gluing Gemstones Onto Teeth May Have Been For More Than Bling
The ancient Maya once took enormous pride in their teeth. Long before Europeans were filling their cavities with gold, people in Mesoamerica were flashing grins bedazzled with jade, turquoise, gold, jet, or hematite gems.
https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-maya-practice-of-gluing-gemstones-onto-teeth-might-have-been-more-than-bling
X: @sciencealert
The #Zapatista Army of National Liberation (#EZLN) 31st Anniversary Suspended: Cartel & #StateViolence Escalations in #Chiapas
"On January 1st, 1994, the #Mayan peoples’ traditional homelands were recovered after the 12-day armed uprising of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation..."
w/ #RichardStahlerSholk of the #SchoolOfChiapas
#Maya #Mayans #Zapatistas #Zapatismo #Indigenous #NativeAmericans #LandDefenders #ColonialViolence #OTD
4 Insights from an Ancient Civilization That Give Me Hope for a Promising Future
How to give your heart fully to the game
https://jillreid.substack.com/p/4-insights-from-an-ancient-civilization
#jillreid #reallife #mayans #mindset #future
A lawsuit is seeking personhood status for the Ring of Cenotes, a group of hundreds of subterranean lakes in Mexicos Yucatan peninsula. Industries including pig farms are polluting these sinkhole lakes, sacred to Indigenous Mayans. (AP Video by Teresa de Miguel)
#mayans #indigenouspeoples #mexico #yucatn #news
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" I remember this old paperback in my old used bookstore where Greek or Roman voyagers end up in America and meet the Mayans ... "
In Ask Metafilter, suburbanbeatnik is looking for a particular hard-to-find DAW paperback from the 1970s with cool cover art
https://ask.metafilter.com/383114/Looking-for-old-1970s-paperback-fantasy-about-Romans-and-Mayans
#AlternateHistory #AncientMayans #AncientRome #book #fantasy #HistoricalFantasy #mayans #paperback #scifi
Basamento maya de Comalcalco... 📸
#blackandwhitephotography #bnw #monochrome #history #culture #mayans #darktable #digikam #comalcalco #pyramid #archeology #prehispanic #photography
