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giavaldesynegualDec 21, 20212 min readMaya Mushrooms Kaminaljuyú, in Guatemala is a Pre-Columbian site of the Maya civilization. Primarily occupied from 1500 BC to AD 1200, Kaminaljuyú was...
giavaldesynegualNov 22, 20212 min readMayan Medicine The Maya were a powerful pre-Columbian civilization who thrived between AD 600 – AD 800. They were literate and had a complex language...
giavaldesynegualNov 21, 20212 min readChacMool The Mayan Chacmool is a distinctive form of Meso-american sculpture representing a reclining figure with its head facing 90 degrees from...
giavaldesynegualOct 19, 20211 min readTaino - Atrocities “Discovery of the Caribbean” - 1940 Artist Credit: Cuban artist Mario Carreño - (1913 - 1999) Native Taino woman holding #guamo,...
giavaldesynegualOct 18, 20212 min readTaino - Shell Trumpets The Taino, the Indigenous people of the Caribbean, like many other island cultures around the world used the conch shell as an instrument...
giavaldesynegualSep 28, 20212 min readMaya BlueDuring the 17th Century, artists Rubens and Carravagio used ultramarine blue pigments that were made using crushed semi-precious lapis...