And now for something completely different – the exhibit at the Royal British Columbia Natural History Museum, spotlighting the Maya. I got a chance not just to see it, but saw it with a friend who wanted to spend most of the day at the museum with the exhibit. The level of detail…amazing.
It’s there until December 31st, and I’m looking forward to hearing what intuitive friends pick up from the artifacts & stories from hundreds of years ago, of a people whose civilization had some 19 million people but nearly disappeared within the tenth century.
The museum’s website has more:
Join us for the world premiere of Maya: The Great Jaguar Rises—an extraordinary exhibition highlighting Maya civilization past and present.
On the heels of last year’s record-breaking Egypt: The Time of Pharaohs, this major new feature spotlights the mystery, legacy and resilience of another of the world’s great civilizations: the Maya of Central America.
Discover a powerful culture that rose in the tropical rainforest
s of Guatemala thousands of years ago, and learn how science and belief shaped the Maya identity from ancient times to present day.
The exhibition boasts the world’s largest and most impressive display of Maya objects from Guatemala, and features more than 300 precious jade, ceramic, gold, stone and textile artifacts reflecting classic and contemporary Maya culture.
This exhibition coincides with UNESCO’s Year of Indigenous Languages and highlights the 30 Maya languages that are still spoken today by almost half the population of Guatemala.