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Thursday, 2 February 2017

Antefix ancient Mayans

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                                                               Antefix ancient Mayans

                                                                  Mexico - Guerrero

                                                                        Height - 4 cm.


 The Maya elite was literate and developed a complex system of hieroglyphic writing that was the most advanced in the pre-Columbian Americas. There are also a great many examples of Maya text found on stelae and ceramics. The Maya developed a highly complex series of interlocking ritual calendars and employed mathematics that included one of the earliest instances of the explicit zero in the world. As a part of their religion, the Maya practiced human sacrifice.


                                                                             


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