In an announcement of historic proportions, the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, revealed this morning the most significant archaeological discovery of the past ten years. It is a Zapotec tomb, precisely dated to around the year 600 of the Common Era, whose architectural and pictorial i
  • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    7·
    12 days ago

    A stone figure jutting out of a wall portrays a stylized owl holding the head of a person in its open mouth. Some red pigment remains visible on the human head, any other pigment has faded

    Image credit: Luis Gerardo Peña Torres

    The entrance to the antechamber is presided over by a powerful representation, clear in its meaning: an owl, a bird that in the Zapotec imagination encapsulated the concepts of night and death. This figure is not a mere ornament; its beak ritually covers the stuccoed and painted face of a male individual, a probable portrait of the principal figure interred in the tomb.

    Paging @anon6789@lemmy.world ! This seems relevant to your interests 😁

      • Mister Neon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 days ago

        Oh that’s choice stuff! Look at the detail on the face! You can still see a bit of black and red paint on the side!

        • anon6789@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          11 days ago

          The photos make it look like a movie set. It doesn’t look anywhere near 1400 years old. They must have been so excited to find a place like this.