[Aztlan] MAYA EXHIBIT IN GERMANY

[michael ruggeri]

March 30-October 2007
Maya: Kings of the Rainforest
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Explore the American rainforest in search of the legendary Mayan  
culture. Unique jade masks and precious jewellery, artistic ceramics  
and impressive stone reliefs bring the days of the Maya kings back to  
life.
For the significant special exhibition ?Maya ? Kings Of The  
Rainforest? the exhibition centre ?Lokschuppen? and the ?Roemer- und  
Pelizaeus ? Museum Hildesheim? were able to gather over 200 valuable  
objects from all over the world, some of which have never been  
displayed in Europe before. Important loans from the Maya states  
Tikal and Calakmul are presented, amongst them one of Mexico?s most  
famous jade masks, leaving it?s home country for the last time, as  
well as a complete royal tomb and painted ceramics, being some of the  
most beautiful pieces of Mayan art.

Pyramids, palaces and ball courts, the power and riches of the mighty  
kings, war and afterlife, religion and writing ? a unique and  
holistic display of this mysterious culture awaits you.

Since the ancient Maya ruins were rediscovered by European and  
American travellers during the 19th century, a new science has  
developed, occupying itself with research on the Mayan culture. It?s  
members search the jungle for lost ruins, decipher hieroglyphs  
together, race against thieves to discover valuable graves and trace  
documents from colonial times in the archives of today.
Follow this new science and explore a fascinating culture.

The exhibits are on loan from the Museo Nacional de Arqueolog?a y  
Etnolog?a, the Museum Popol Vuh and the Museum Sylvanus Morley Tikal,  
Guatemala, the Mexican National Department for Archaeology, the  
Israel Museum Jerusalem, the British Museum London, the Rijksmuseum  
vor Volkenkunde Leiden as well as the Museum zu Allerheiligen  
Schaffhausen and others.

Under the patronage of federal president Horst K?hler.



Roemer-und Pelizaeus-Museum
Hildesheim, Germany
Just South of Hanvover
http://www.maya-ausstellung.de/rosenheim/english/ausstellung.htm