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<< Our Photo Pages >> Bonampak - Ancient Village or Settlement in Mexico in Chiapas

Submitted by LivingRocks on Thursday, 14 January 2010  Page Views: 8231

Multi-periodSite Name: Bonampak
Country: Mexico
NOTE: This site is 0.314 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Chiapas Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Palenque  Nearest Village: San Javier
Latitude: 16.706387N  Longitude: 91.063431W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
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 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
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Bonampak
Bonampak submitted by LivingRocks : Mexico: Temple of the Murals - Room 1 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Chiapas State, Mexico. A small Mayan site. The site dates from the early classic period (AD 580 – 800). Whilst not architecturally impressive it is noted for the Temple of the Murals which contains the finest known Mayan murals depicting scenes of court life & battle.

Bonampak may have defeated by the larger nearby city of Yaxchilan in armed conflict or simply came under it's control by other means. But texts indicate that Bonampak's later ruler were from Yaxchilan. Chaan Muan II was the last recorded ruler of Bonampak. He was responsible for the building of the three structures on the Temple of the Murals and caused their incredible decorations to be installed.

Note: Find in crypt beneath Temple of the Murals may be special war captive or Noble burial. See comment
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Bonampak submitted by LivingRocks : Mexico: The Acropolis, Bonampak. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bonampak submitted by Jansold : This stela portrays Chaan Maun preparing for a ritual bloodletting ceremony done to communicate with deceased ancestors. He is assisted by his mother and his wife, the sister of Shield Jaguar of Yaxchilan. His mother is handing him a sting-ray spine and a bowl of paper strips. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bonampak submitted by LivingRocks : Mexico: Structure 1 - The Temple of the Murals. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bonampak submitted by LivingRocks : Mexico: Bonampak, Entering the Acropolis. Stela 1 in the foreground. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bonampak submitted by LivingRocks : Mexico: Temple of the Murals - Room 3 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bonampak submitted by LivingRocks (1 comment)

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Bonampak submitted by LivingRocks : Mexico: Temple of the Murals - Room 2

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Bonampak submitted by LivingRocks : Mexico: Temple of the Murals - Room 1

Bonampak
Bonampak submitted by LivingRocks

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Re: Digital Preservation of Bonampak Murals by john_op_stap on Friday, 15 November 2013
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The Tulane University pics are no longer online.

Pictures of the site, the Stelae, and an attempt at the Temple of Frescos.



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Burial Discovered at Bonampak Building by bat400 on Thursday, 14 January 2010
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Submitted by coldrum ---

The search of adequate conservation of Bonampak mural paintings, located in Chiapas, turned out into the discovery of a crypt under the second room of Templo de las Pinturas (Temple of the Paintings) with rests of a man accompanied with jadeite ornaments and ceramic objects that could be more than 1,300 years old.

The unknown character’s rests could correspond to a war captive such as those represented in La Batalla mural, or a relative of Chaan Muan II, who ruled Bonampak from 776 to 792 of the Common Era.

For more, see Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History
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Digital Preservation of Bonampak Murals by bat400 on Friday, 13 April 2007
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Like ancient cave paintings, now that the Bonampak murals are open to the elements in a way they've not been over the last centuries, there are several efforts to digitally record the images. This is a link to a Tulane University effort and includes some descriptions of these amazing murals.

The modern discover of the Bonampak murals was a major blow to earlier considerations of the Maya as an entirely peace loving people, as some images display both sacrificial captives and auto-blood sacrifice.
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