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Mayan Art Megathread

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    Small Stela from Dos Pilas:

    Lápida con dios solar, Dos Pilas.jpg

    Can't read this, but here is the description.

    el hombre frente a la naturaleza.jpg
     
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    My Spanish isn't very good, but I think the text says roughly this (TL;DR version)

    The Mayas and their sacred plant, the corn, had a special relationship, as corn could grow on the jungle soil, and also on the half-desert soils and in the mountains, allowing them to grow enough food to build and sustain their huge cities.
    They Mayans also closely observed the plants and animals around them, and understood them, their characteristics.
    They believed that animals were manifestations of the gods and humans and animals were brothers.
    Mayan art often depicts this.
     
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    3B927085-B46B-4221-A591-D7138084A220.jpeg 4B13AA59-9170-410D-AEDA-01F9B3046248.jpeg 17903279-3193-4151-A632-5573F9139E06.jpeg 5783A9FC-8ADD-4AE9-8961-102EF96CBA84.jpeg

    https://jloart.artstation.com/projects/4Wqr1
     
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    The centipede was considered a gateway to the underworld (specifically the jaws of the centipede) because when ancient Mayans opened the tombs of their ancestors they would always find large jungle centipedes crawling on the freshly-dead remains or bones.

    The centipede, or wak / waka was the symbol of the Centipede (Wak) Dynasty of Palenque and El Peru.

    Map of El Peru:

    Map-of-El-Peru.jpg
    Two links where I got these images from:

    History Blog
    Ancient Origins

    King of Palenque holding captive a king from Tonina:

    King-and-captive-from-Tonina.jpg

    Maya Snake Queen of the Waka dynasty, from Stela 43.

    Maya-Snake-Queen-Lady-stela-43.jpg
    Mayan Snake Queen (Ikoom) name listed on stela 44:

    Maya-Snake-Queen-ikoom-stela-44.jpg

    And to finish a few centipedes in artsy style:

    mp,840x860,gloss,f8f8f8,t-pad,1000x1000,f8f8f8.jpg

    Bone jaws of the underworld:

    Centipede.jpg
     
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    That is a great find!
     
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    monument_six_tortuguero.jpg

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    Stela 3 from Seibal.

    This stela was made at the end of the classic period, like a lot of the stela from the terminal classic they did not have the same high-quality standard of many of the beautiful Mayan carvings of the lowlands that came before it

    Estela 3, Ceibal, Clásico Tardío 600-900 1.jpg
    Estela 3, Ceibal, Clásico Tardío 600-900 2.jpg
     
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    So this one is definitely not a piece of Mayan art, but I love how it looks. Imagine a giant ruined structure like this built into the side of a waterfall!!

    497c56d15d21e4bebe717337bccabf7d.jpg
     
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    Mayan polities ~1519:

    Map of maximal extend of Maya Itza empire in 1519 with borders.png
     
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    Random assortment of glyphs, pretty sure this is just wrapping paper or something:

    33ead892b83cf24e63c51c718cbb8573.jpg

    ba244f0c1697ca17d13ee6160e9755c7.jpg
     
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    Excellent stuff. That Mayan translator just assign a letter to a glyph, a poor option, so Jaguar would be six glyphs instead of the one for jaguar...
     
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    Yeah... translating English to mayan-glyphs isn't exact. Our alphabet is only 26 letters, but each letter can stand for a different sound. Mayan "alphabet" was a lot bigger because their "letters" stood for specific sounds.
     
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    Yeah it doesn't work that way.
    That "translator" neither applies the correct sounds nor the structure of writing. The output doesn't even look like mayan writing. Which is sad. It should be possible to program a better one. But I lack the time to give it a shot.
     
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    Been a minute, so here are some more stela. All from the classic period (600-900 AD)

    Yaxchilan lintel 33:

    Dintel 33, Yaxchilán, Clásico Tardío 600-900.jpg

    Also Yaxchilan, Lintel 48:

    Dintel 48, Yaxchilán, Clásico Tardío 600-900.jpg

    Manchaquila Stela 3 (never heard of this place, will have to look it up).

    Estela 3, Machaquilá, Clásico Tardío 600-900.jpg

    Xcalmukin Stela:

    Estela esculpida, Xcalmukin, Clásico Tardío 600-900.jpg

    Lagartero Stela: very basic looking, almost as though it was a sketch

    Estela, Lagartero, Clásico Tardío 600-900.jpg

    Tila Stela:

    Estela, Tila, Clásico Tardío 600-900.jpg
     
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    A few more beautiful maya carvings.

    Amazingly detailed fragment from Chinikija:

    Fragmento de lápida, Chinikijá, Clásico Tardío 600-900.jpg
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    From Tonina:

    Glifo de Xib Muut, Toniná, Clásico Tardío 600-900.jpg

    Comalcalco:

    Ladrillo con danzante, Comalcalco, Clásico Tardío 600-900.jpg

    Another amazing carving from Comalcalco, really like this one for how much depth is in the face:

    Ladrillo con rostro de dios solar, Comalcalco, Clásico.jpg

    Glyph carvings, also Comalcalco:

    Ladrillo Modelado 3, Comalcalco, Clásico Tardío 600-900.jpg

    Carving from the subterranean caverns of Palenque:

    Lápida de Dupaix, Subterráneos del Palacio, Palenque.jpg

    From Pakal Na:

    Marcador de camino, Zona de Pakal Ná, Clásico Tardío 600-900.jpg
     
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    A few from the city of Tonina

    Monument 171, showing a ballcourt scene.

    monument 171 tonina.jpg

    Monument 175

    Monumento 175 tonina.jpg

    Monument 114

    Monumento 114, Toniná, Clásico Tardío 600-900.jpg

    Monument 154, a captive in stone:

    Monumento 154, Lápida de cautivo, Toniná.jpg

    Monument 155, second captive:

    Monumento 155, Lápida de cautivo, Toniná.jpg
     
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