“We wanted to...convey the point that Maya are living people, not something archaeological or from the past,” Chinchilla Mazariegos said. “These are living communities that still preserve aspects of the ancient religious beliefs depicted in the ancient objects presented in the exhibition.”

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https://news.yale.edu/2022/11/22/lives-gods-met-exhibition-maya-art-guided-yale-scholarship

Lives of the Gods: Met exhibition on Maya art guided by Yale scholarship

Co-curated by Yale’s Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos, the new exhibition features nearly 100 rarely seen masterpieces and recent discoveries of Maya art.

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