Maya Writing, Art and Architecture

Early Monumental Structures at Ceibal
The Maya site of Ceibal has been discovered to include the earliest to date E-Group in the Maya Lowlands.

Justin Kerr: Maya Vase Rollouts
Justin Kerr is a photographer who has spent the past 30 years of his life working with photography of Maya artifacts. Kerr discusses his development of the Maya Vase Database, an online collection of photographic images of vases, produced from a special camera technique into a flat rollout.

Maya Blue
Maya Blue is the name of a pigment, used by the Maya civilization to decorate pots, sculpture and panels

Spectacles and Spectators: A Photo Essay on the Maya Plaza
Recent investigations by Takeshi Inomata studying the role of plazas in Maya festivals led me to put together this photo essay of the plazas of some of the more famous Maya sites. Photos include those of Tulum, Tikal, Copan, Bonampak, Uxmal, and Calakmul.

Yaxchilan Lintel 24
Lintel 24 from the site of Yaxchilan is one of the best example of Maya stone carving, portraying the scene of the royal Lady Xok, performing ritual bloodletting

The Murals of Bonampak, Chiapas Mexico
The Bonampak murals, painted by the Classic period Maya, are among the most famous wall paintings of the New World.

Popol Vuh
The Popol Vuh, often called the Bible of the Maya, is a colonial document which narrates the creation myth of the Maya Quiché of Guatemala and the Story of the Hero Twins.

E-Group
An E-Group is a special collection of buildings found on over 60 archaeological sites throughout the Maya Lowland, which the Maya might have been used for astronomical, ritual and political reasons.