Exclusive Pictures: Maya Murals Found in Family Kitchen

[iemitsu]

1. this is so cool.

i teach "The History of the Americas" to high school students enrolled in the international baccalaureate program. this discovery reveals work that had to be done soon after the conquest.
my students will enjoy the story, the pictures and the video associated with this story.
the ramirez family is living in an ancient and important home in Chajul. the door into the home is massive. i would bet the first inhabitants of this spanish style home were a mixed-race couple made up of a spanish conquistador and a mexican princess. this was the early marriage pattern in new spain but it was short lived. by 1570 the native population had plummeted and the types of scenes depicted in these murals would not have been painted after that.
again, this is very cool.
thanks for posting judi lynn.