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38 relations: Ajaw, Alberto Ruz Lhuillier, Archaeology, Chiapas, Chilam Balam, Classic Maya language, El Castillo, Chichen Itza, Funerary art, Glyph, Jade, K'awiil, K'inich Janaab' Pakal, K'inich Kan Bahlam II, Kan Bahlam I, List of Mesoamerican pyramids, Maya civilization, Maya script, Mesoamerican pyramids, Mesoamerican world tree, Mexico, Obsidian, Palenque, PDF, Polity, Polydactyly, Pre-Columbian era, Pyramid of the Magician, Sarcophagus, Stucco, Tikal Temple I, Tikal Temple II, Tikal Temple III, Tikal Temple IV, Tikal Temple V, Umbilical cord, Uxmal, Vucub Caquix, Xibalba.
Ajaw
Ajaw or Ahau ('Lord') is a pre-Columbian Maya political title attested from epigraphic inscriptions.
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Alberto Ruz Lhuillier
Alberto Ruz Lhuillier (27 January 1906 – 25 August 1979) was a Mexican archaeologist.
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Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology, is the study of humanactivity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.
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Chiapas
Chiapas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas (Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the 31 states that with Mexico City make up the 32 federal entities of Mexico.
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Chilam Balam
The Books of Chilam Balam are handwritten, chiefly 17th and 18th-centuries Maya miscellanies, named after the small Yucatec towns where they were originally kept, and preserving important traditional knowledge in which indigenous Maya and early Spanish traditions have coalesced.
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Classic Maya language
Classic Maya is the oldest historically attested member of the Mayan language family.
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El Castillo, Chichen Itza
El Castillo (Spanish for "the castle"), also known as the Temple of Kukulcan (or sometimes Kukulkan), is a Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán.
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Funerary art
Funerary art is any work of art forming, or placed in, a repository for the remains of the dead.
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Glyph
In typography, a glyph is an elemental symbol within an agreed set of symbols, intended to represent a readable character for the purposes of writing.
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Jade
Jade is an ornamental mineral, mostly known for its green varieties, which is featured prominently in ancient Asian art.
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K'awiil
K'awiil, in the Post-Classic codices corresponding to God K, is a Maya deity identified with lightning, serpents, fertility and maize.
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K'inich Janaab' Pakal
K'inich Janaab Pakal IThe ruler's name, when transcribed is K'INICH-JANA:B-PAKAL-la, translated "Radiant ? Shield", Martin & Grube 2008, p. 162.
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K'inich Kan Bahlam II
K'inich Kan Bahlam IIThe ruler's name, when transcribed is K'INICH KAN-ma, translated "Radiant Snake Jaguar", Martin & Grube 2008, p. 168.
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Kan Bahlam I
Kan Bahlam IThe ruler's name, when transcribed is (K'INICH) KAN-ma, translated "Radiant Snake Jaguar".
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List of Mesoamerican pyramids
This is a list of Mesoamerican pyramids or ceremonial structures.
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Maya civilization
The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization developed by the Maya peoples, and noted for its hieroglyphic script—the only known fully developed writing system of the pre-Columbian Americas—as well as for its art, architecture, mathematics, calendar, and astronomical system.
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Maya script
Maya script, also known as Maya glyphs, was the writing system of the Maya civilization of Mesoamerica and is the only Mesoamerican writing system that has been substantially deciphered.
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Mesoamerican pyramids
Mesoamerican pyramids or pyramid-shaped structures form a prominent part of ancient Mesoamerican architecture.
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Mesoamerican world tree
World trees are a prevalent motif occurring in the mythical cosmologies, creation accounts, and iconographies of the pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica.
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Mexico
Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.
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Obsidian
Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic glass formed as an extrusive igneous rock.
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Palenque
Palenque (Yucatec Maya: Bàakʼ /ɓàːkʼ/), also anciently known as Lakamha (literally: "Big Water"), was a Maya city state in southern Mexico that flourished in the 7th century.
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The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format developed in the 1990s to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.
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Polity
A polity is any kind of political entity.
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Polydactyly
Polydactyly or polydactylism, also known as hyperdactyly, is a congenital physical anomaly in humans and animals resulting in supernumerary fingers and/or toes.
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Pre-Columbian era
The Pre-Columbian era incorporates all period subdivisions in the history and prehistory of the Americas before the appearance of significant European influences on the American continents, spanning the time of the original settlement in the Upper Paleolithic period to European colonization during the Early Modern period.
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Pyramid of the Magician
The Pyramid of the Magician (Pirámide del adivino, "pyramid of the foreteller") is a Mesoamerican step pyramid located in the ancient, Pre-Columbian city of Uxmal, Mexico.
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Sarcophagus
A sarcophagus (plural, sarcophagi) is a box-like funeral receptacle for a corpse, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried.
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Stucco
Stucco or render is a material made of aggregates, a binder and water.
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Tikal Temple I
Tikal Temple I is the designation given to one of the major structures at Tikal, one of the largest cities and archaeological sites of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in Mesoamerica.
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Tikal Temple II
Tikal Temple II (or the Temple of the Masks, alternatively labelled by archaeologists as Tikal Structure 5D-2) is a Mesoamerican pyramid at the Maya archaeological site of Tikal in the Petén Department of northern Guatemala.
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Tikal Temple III
Tikal Temple III, also known as the Temple of the Jaguar Priest,Coe 1967, 1988, p.76.
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Tikal Temple IV
Tikal Temple IV is a Mesoamerican pyramid in the ruins of the ancient Maya city of Tikal in modern Guatemala.
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Tikal Temple V
Tikal Temple V is the name given by archaeologists to one of the major pyramids at Tikal.
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Umbilical cord
In placental mammals, the umbilical cord (also called the navel string, birth cord or funiculus umbilicalis) is a conduit between the developing embryo or fetus and the placenta.
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Uxmal
Uxmal (Yucatec Maya: Óoxmáal) is an ancient Maya city of the classical period in present-day Mexico.
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Vucub Caquix
Vucub-Caquix (possibly meaning 'Seven-Macaw') is the name of a bird demon defeated by the Hero Twins of a K'iche'-Mayan myth preserved in an 18th-century document, entitled 'Popol Vuh'.
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Xibalba
Xibalba, roughly translated as "place of fear", is the name of the underworld in K'iche' Maya mythology, ruled by the Maya death gods and their helpers.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_the_Inscriptions
