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THROUGH HISTORY
MAYA
MANUSCRIPT
The Dresden Codex is the
oldest and best-preserved
Maya pre-conquest pictorial
manuscript to survive to
this day. It depicts Maya
hieroglyphs and features ritual
and divination calendars, with
screenfold tracings of leaves
46 to 49 pictured here.
MIGHTY
WARRIOR
This is a limestone
lintel from Structure
21 in the ancient
city of Yaxchilán,
Mexico, depicting
the Maya King Bird
Jaguar IV with a
captive sat at his
feet. The king is
wearing a warrior
costume and
holding a spear in
his right hand.
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