It is incredible! Researchers from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) They discovered the strange head of an ancient god while the works of Section 7 of the Mayan Train are underwaywhich goes from Quintana Roo to Campeche, in southern Mexico.
They find the head of an ancient god during works on the Mayan Train
It was the very general director of the INAHDiego Prieto Hernández, who made known with great fanfare that Mexican archaeologists discovered a rare head of an ancient god during the works that are done by the Mayan Train, in the south of the country.
Yes, according to the first studies of the experts, It would be the representation of the Mayan god K’awiilrelated to lightning, strength and power, among other attributes.
And how did they find this figure? According to Diego Prieto, the head of the ancient god was discovered by INAH researchers during the archaeological salvage works that are carried out in Section 7 of the Mayan Trainwhich goes from Bacalar, in Quintana Roo, to Escárcega, in Campeche.
What else is known about this discovery?
The general director of the INAH gossiped that the representation was discovered as part of an urn, whose body shows the face of a possibly solar god, and right on the lid was found the head of the god K’awiil.
“This finding is very important because there are few bulk representations of the god K’awill; So far, we only know of three in Tikal, Guatemala, and this is one of the first to appear in Mexican territory.” commented on it Prieto Hernández.
He also explained that this god is represented in paintings, votive axes and reliefs, as well as in the Dresden and Maya codices of Mexico, formerly called Grolier, and that it is not very common for it to appear as a figure.
And to finish, the director of the INAH presumed that this piece was shown to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on the tour he went on last weekend, before he got sick with COVID-19.
