Tag: GODS

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravels
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Itzamná. A MAJOR DEITY AND OTHERS.

OR, ANOTHER MAGNIFICENT GOD OF MANY ATTRIBUTES.

Alert: I’m having trouble in finding images so some will be of other gods just to enjoy the art! This will be corrected when I get back to the UK. I think that’s why others aren’t mentioned because they are so difficult to identify!

Maya Censers | Aztec art, Maya art, Ancient mexico

OR, LORD OF HEAVENS NIGHT AND DAY, OR GOD D.

Before deciphering the codices the gods were all given just a letter to name them. Now however we have their glorious and exotic definitions but they usually are referred to by their letters too hence God D (Mayan: “Iguana House”) 

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COBA mexico and name that tree!

OR MY FABULOUS JOURNEY TO COBA JUST AN HOUR AND A HALF FROM TULUM.

Ball court with ring clearly still intact.

Well what a surprise. Just an hour an a half up the road is Coba and a site that takes your breath away. As usual I had a total fiasco going there but I’ll get to that later. Coba is a jewel and as always it’s best to get there relatively early. I saw about fifty people around this very stretched out monumental site until I was leaving and then coach loads were coming in.

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