On show: exhibitions from around the world in 2023
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Chiapas
Ancient newsreels
It portrays a ferocious Maya chief clad in a jaguar skin, with a jaguar’s head on his own, spearing an unfortunate captive. First seen by an outsider in 1946, the paintings are as close a reflection as you are likely to see of life in an elite Maya centre.
Maya maize god head uncovered in Mexico
The team believe that the head of the youthful god, depicted with delicate features, was ‘originally conceived as a beheaded figure’.