Mayan Hieroglyphics Research Paper

Improved Essays
This is the Maya Relief of Royal Blood-Letting is flat panel of limestone made around the eighth century from Mexico. This limestone is approximately the size of a coffee table. This stone shows a man is standing while holding onto a blazing torch while there is a woman kneeling as this represents King Shield Jaguar and his wife. The man and woman are wearing an ornamental covering on their heads. This ornamental covering is made of jade and shell mosaic. This limestone was the collapse of the Mayan civilization around the year of nine hundred AD. From the top left to the center a bit and left down is Mayan hieroglyphics. Now with recent discovery there is finding and understanding of the Mayan hieroglyphics as this relates to writing on

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    The fort is an oddly shaped memorial. It’s shape is a square with an empty center, and diamond shaped peers on each corner to look out on. The fort is entirely made of limestone, along with material called coquina. When the two materials came together, it was very helpful to the Spaniards that were hiding inside. When bombs were fired at the fort, they got stuck in the walls of stone.…

    • 479 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Maya Dialectical Journal

    • 475 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Day 1 It’s been awhile since Brother’s gone to the capital and explain why we couldn’t pay taxes; that we weren’t even part of the kingdom anymore. But I fear that the Pharaoh will not be merciful like everyone seems to say. Mother is praying all day and night, begging the gods that neither me nor my sisters are demanded as slaves or sacrifices in retaliation to our plea. Little sister Bea seems worried while Maya couldn’t be bothered.…

    • 475 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Aztec Calendar Stone

    • 286 Words
    • 2 Pages

    What weighs 24 tons, is carved from volcanic rock, and helped inspire a whole culture? The Aztec Calendar Stone is an ancient artifact of Mexico from the 15th century (Discover Kids). The stone is a calendar, well, actually two calendars that are suspected to have been used to predict solar eclipses (Discover Kids). The stone itself weighs 24 tons and is three feet thick with a ten foot diameter (Discover Kids). It was carved from basalt in 1479 and was found in 1790 under the Zocalo in Mexico city (Aztec Calendar Stone).…

    • 286 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Mayan Civilization Dbq

    • 642 Words
    • 3 Pages

    The Maya civilization, began in 1500 BCE. Located in Mesoamerica, the Maya land was geographically diverse. The area included rivers, mountains, highlands and lowlands. However, the Mayan area, was also faced with scarce water sources and a humid climate.…

    • 642 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The magnificent structural and architectural remains that still predominate through the forest canopy are testimony to the great achievements made by the Mayan culture in Mesoamerica. The geographic range of the Mayans include portions of the Mexican states ofChiapas and Tabasco, the Yucatan Peninsula, Guatemala, Belize, and the western portions of Honduras and El Salvador (Coe 1966:17). The area in which the ancient Maya lived and modem Maya peoples still inhabit is called Mesoamerica, yet this area is not limited to just Mayan…

    • 84 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Ancient Maya civilization was an exceptionally sophisticated society located in the Central American nations of Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Originating before the year 2000 BCE, Maya civilization thrived as a intelligent and powerful society for over four thousand years until the sixteenth century when Spanish explorers conquered the Maya kingdom and changed the lifestyle of ancient Maya civilization. Luckily, information about ancient Maya civilization can be obtained through archaeological research, ancient Maya documents and relics, and records of Spanish encounters with the Maya. The first European explorers began to colonize America around the same time that Spanish explorers conquered Mexico.…

    • 299 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Aztec Mask Essay

    • 700 Words
    • 3 Pages

    This stone is a circular relief carving approximately ten, feet in diameter and depicts Coyolxauhqui’s dismembered and disfigured body (Aguilar-Moreno 55). The placement of the stone was of great interest to scholars, as it indicates that the Aztecs would recreate the myths of their people’s origin. Any human body that was thrown from the top of the temple would roll down its sides and land atop the Coyolxauhqui stone, paralleling the story of Coyolxauhqui’s death. If the Aztecs did reenact certain religious tales, then the need for a mask of one of the prominent deities is more…

    • 700 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Wild Lamassu

    • 754 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Where The Wild Lamassu Are I chose this particular limestone masterpiece made in Iraq in 750 BCE, for the Assyrian palace, because I felt a personal connection with the Lamassu. Growing up, my family had many statues such as the large and beautiful four seasons around the yard that tower over a human, mythical creatures hidden in the gardens and trolls from Norway hidden around the house spontaneously scaring guests. Also, as a child my favorite book was Where the Wild Things Are, The Lamassu reminds me of those creatures from the book, mythical and unique. I can imagine them coming to life. The Lamassu speaks to me in ways of comfort because of my childhood, not many terrifying thoughts come to mind when looking at pictures.…

    • 754 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Still not proven today but the thought is that these might be carvings of their leaders. These sculptures were possibly found around the urban centers or…

    • 1149 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    A scroll is a roll of papyrus, parchment, or paper containing writing. The history of scrolls dates back to Ancient Egypt. Some hieroglyphics were typically carved on walls, tombs, monuments and other places made of stone or brick. They were primarily learned and used by priests and scribes. The latter went through special training to learn hieroglyphics.…

    • 56 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Mayans Dbq Essay

    • 749 Words
    • 3 Pages

    The Maya DBQ Essay I believe the calendars were the most remarkable based on scale, effort, genius, and significance. The other achievements the Mayans accomplished where amazing but I believe this one was the greatest because we still used the Mayan calendars up in till 2012. The Mayans achievements also included their Trade Network, their buildings, the number system and of course the calendars.…

    • 749 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    It contains as a minimum of 154 stone masonry walls that look as though they were used for agriculture and ruins of various stone structures. There are also hints of a possible irrigation system that are similar to Maya ruins and indicate early Maya presence. The terrace sites in Georgia are identical to the terrace sites in Guatemala and Mexico. The layout of the site, when shown to Maya elders such as Antonio Oxte, say they are from Guatemala and are surprised to hear that they are actually from Georgia.…

    • 989 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    One of the most dominant indigenous societies in Mesoamerica includes the Maya civilization. The Maya primarily inhabited the Yucatan Peninsula of modern-day Mexico and other sections of modern-day Guatemala and Mexico; they occupied the area from around 1800 BC. The Mayans dominated the area in the time period from 300 C.E. to 900 C.E., which historians consider the classical period of the Maya civilization. The Empire reached its peak—its golden age—in sixth century C.E. Nineteen million people, which constituted three culturally and linguistically different groups, very densely populated the area. The Mayans excelled in ornate pottery, innovative agriculture, astronomical observations, and complex yet foundational mathematics; they also…

    • 1271 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    The Black Stone In Islam

    • 1514 Words
    • 7 Pages

    BLACK STONE IN MECCA Introduction The Black Stone is known as ‘al-Hajar-al-Aswad’ in the Arabic language and is the most Holy object for the Muslims which is still present in its original and ancient form. It is located in one of the cornerstones of Ka’aba Sharif, which is the Holy stone building for the Muslims. The building is surrounded by the ‘Masjid-al-Haram’, which to the Muslims is known as the grand mosque. The Black Stone has been fixed in the wall of the Ka’aba Sharif at a distance 5 ft above the level of the ground and near to the door of the Ka’aba.…

    • 1514 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Egyptian Life by:Imani H Cruz Humanities 307 P.5 A-day The Ancient Egyptians had an interesting life made up of religion and culture that is still important and admired by modern humans today. They used resources like the Nile Valley when they had none. Their religion was apart of their everyday life and helped them understand things.…

    • 574 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays