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2015 · réf. 026302 — Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia 2015. Hardcover. New. ESTE LIBRO PESA 2.2 KG. ASK FOR A QUOTATION FOR SHIPPING BEFORE ORDERING. Mayas Revelation of an Endless Time spotlights a civilization of wondrous and vast cultural wealth that has survived for millennia. After its exhibition in the Gallery of the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City the Museu da Cidade Oca do Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo Brazil and the Musée du quai Branly in Paris we are honoured that this legacy can now also be shared in the World Museum of the National Museums of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Maya culture remains alive and well and still offers amazing diversity. Today thirty-some languages comprising the Mayan linguistic family are still spoken. Discoveries never cease thanks to the dedicated work of archaeologists and anthropologists at hundreds of sites in Maya territory. In Mexico the archaeological map and studies of this great culture continue to grow and generate new knowledge. The magnificent Maya cities of Calakmul Palenque Uxmal and Chichén Itzá inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritaje list continue to share their secrets revealing the wisdom of the ancient inhabitants their socio-economic organization the complexity of their thought and the aesthetic power of their creations. The exhibition features masterpieces from the states of Campeche Chiapas Quintana Roo Tabasco and Yucatán. These works bring us closer to Maya architecture cosmogony and religion as well as their conception of time with connotations unique to this civilisation political structure and daily life. Visitors can view polychrome ceramic representations alluding to astronomy human figures the nobility warriors and captives not to mention mothers with their children. The pieces also display images of gods animals underworld beings stelae carved disks columns portraits in stucco ceramic as well as celts necklaces pectorals ornamental jade pieces masks obsidian blades and musical instruments such as flutes and drums. Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia hardcover