It was like discovering the Sistine chapel if you didn't know there had been a Renaissance - like knowing only modern art and then stumbling on the finger of God touching the hand of Adam.
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With its fine painting and its elaborate mural showing the mythic basis of kingship, the chamber has upended much of what we thought we knew about the early Maya.William Saturno
It has opened a window into the very origins of Maya civilization.
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In that way it really is like you didn't know the Renaissance ever happenedyou have no knowledge that anyone ever painted anything in Florence in the 16th century, then all of sudden you see a Michelangelo.
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The way the Maya built pyramids is by building one layer on top of another. We have the building where the writing was found sandwiched between two other buildings. We can get a date from the building itself, but also a range from the other two.
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In Western terms, it's like knowing only modern art and then stumbling on a Michelangelo or a Leonardo.
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