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Friday, October 1, 2021
[New post] DAILY ART FIX: What Secrets Does This 1,800-Year-Old Carved Stone Hold?
Richard Bledsoe posted: " Art world links which caught my eye… A strange carving discovered in Mexico in 1902 may hold the key to a greater understanding of a lost civilization. In 1902, an Indigenous man plowing a field near the Tuxtla Mountains in the state of Veracru"
A strange carving discovered in Mexico in 1902 may hold the key to a greater understanding of a lost civilization.
In 1902, an Indigenous man plowing a field near the Tuxtla Mountains in the state of Veracruz, Mexico, unearthed a green stone the size of a large mango—a piece of jadeite with carvings depicting a stout human figure with a shamanic bird's bill. Along its sides was a set of hieroglyphs.
Before long, the Tuxtla Statuette (as it became known) made its way to the United States...At first, archaeologists thought the statuette's markings were Mayan; southern Mexico rests within the heart of the Mayan civilization, where Mayan dialects are still spoken today. But one observer felt unsure.
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