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Archeologists Uncover Mayan Mural in Guatemala
OakDragon writes "Archeologists have found a 2,000 year old Mayan mural at a San Bartolo site in northern Guatemala. The mural itself is quite beautiful, and especially impressive as it predates what is considered to be the classical Mayan period by hundreds of years. Says William Saturno, "It was like discovering the Sistine Chapel if you didn't know there had been a Renaissance.""
"The story starts with this deity, who is patron of kings, standing in water. He's running a large spear through his own penis, letting blood. Blood is squirting all over the place," Saturno said.
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Somehow I don't see the Catholics letting Michelangelo go down this particular path.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
The mural proves that these stories of creation and kings--and the elaborate writing and art to tell them--were well-established more than 2,000 years ago, centuries earlier than previously believed.
That's the best I could come up with. It makes it sound like there's writing to back up the art. Still, as I reread your posts, it makes me wonder the same thing: How do they really know?
Especially when you consider that there is so much we don't know, how certain can they be?
P.S.: If you want the Chicago article, I still have page 1 open in my browser and can copy it to you, but I don't imagine either of us really cares enough to take the trouble.
I cried real tears when Li Mu Bai died.