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.
More Quotes from William Saturno:
It has opened a window into the very origins of Maya civilization.William Saturno
We then witness the maize god's birth, his death and his resurrection, before the wall ends with the coronation of a named and titled Maya king, newly crowned in the company of the Gods.
William Saturno
Between 200 and 300 A.D. is when we become literate in Maya writing. It's definitely writing, though, no question about that. Some of these signs are consistent with Maya writing for the next 1,000 years.
William Saturno
In Western terms, it's like knowing only modern art and then stumbling on a Michelangelo or a Leonardo.
William Saturno
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.
William Saturno
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Keywords: kingship, mural, upendedOf course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies they service.
Joan Didion
I've always been a very outdoors sort of girl. I'm more a tomboy than a girly girl.
Yvonne Strahovski
Costs of manufactured articles importantly depend on the cost of raw materials as well as labour.
Charles E. Wilson