Guatemala - Museum Popol Vuh invites to the spectacular lecture of Oswaldo Chinchilla (Museo Popol Vuh, UFM) and Oswaldo Gomez The Birth of the Sun at Tikal. Archaeologist Oswaldo Gomez is the Director of the Project Plaza Seven Temples of Tikal. Oswaldo Chinchilla is the Curator of Museum Popol Vuh, Guatemala.
According to a mythological story widely known in Mesoamerica, the Sun and the Moon originated from the sacrifice of two gods, which where thrown into a fire or an oven. Documentary sources and iconography of painted vessels from the Classic period suggest that this myth, which is usually associated with the Aztec religion, was also part of the religious beliefs of the Mayas in the Classic period.
The contents of burial, discovered in the Plaza of Seven Temples of Tikal, seem to be the result of a ritual that recreates the slaughter of the gods transformed into the Sun and the Moon. This finding occurred during the work of the Spanish Cooperation Agencies program of Heritage for Development. (2004).
The buried items discovered are from the Early Classic period, they are associated with the architectural ensemble of the Lost World and offer new interpretations related to the so-called "Astronomical Commemorations Complex". The burial was investigated by the archaeologist Oswaldo Gomez, director of the Project Plaza of Seven Temples of Tikal. The conference is presented by the curator of the Museo Popol Vuh, Dr. Oswaldo Chinchilla, who has done extensive research on the writing and the Classic Maya iconography.
Place: Museo Popol Vuh. University Francisco Marroquín
6 calle final Zona 10
Guatemala 01010
Phone: 502 - 2338 - 7896
Date: Thursday 19th of March., 2009
Hour: 6:30 pm.
Cost: Q 10 for students, Q 20 for non students
Parking: Q 14 per hour
Sponsor: Pollo Campero
Picture: Museo Popol Vuh
