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Archaeologists Uncover a 1,300-Year-Old Skeleton of a Maya Diplomat
- DIVx0 6y agoIf you'd like to read more, Ars has an well written article about the same diplomat. https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/03/a-maya-ambassadors-grave-reveals-his-surprisingly-difficult-life/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/03/a-maya-ambassadors-g...
- valuearb 6y agoHe had a glorify career with a tough end.
- pavlov 6y agoI’d love to watch a realistic movie about Apoch’Waal. No big drama, no interminable battle scenes, no extreme color correction. Lots of walking around carrying a pole, and a focus on the small events that shaped his life: how happy he was to get those dental gem inlays to mark his status, and how devastating it was to lose one of those gems eventually. How he was remembered by the people who buried him with the two clay pots.
- nullserver 6y agoThat bucket looks like something from KFC
- psychlops 6y agoI can't get past the title. Isn't it Mayan? I thought Maya was a noun and Mayan an adjective.
- stevula 6y agoIt’s become very common to use “Maya” where you might expect “Mayan”. I believe Mayan is still the correct term for the language though.