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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 3m

A Late Classic Maya vessel with intriguing incised decoration, dating to around 600–800 CE. Made of slipped ceramic. #Maya #Archaeology

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 1h

If you make it to Mérida, the there many other locations to visit. Check Ruta Puuc, for example.

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 2h

All the recent posts are from Maya objects I saw in three different museums. The Chichen Itza museum, the Gran Museo Maya and Museo de Antropología both in Mérida, México.

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 4h

A beautifully painted Maya bowl from the Late Classic period (600–800 CE), decorated with imagery and hieroglyphic elements. #Maya #Archaeology

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 19h

Without rivers in Yucatan, they could only get water from rain or the cenotes.... So it must have been very important for them!

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 19h

Thank you for sharing that! Very interesting. This is my favorite vessel so far! bsky.app/profile/dalv...

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 20h

A Maya vessel with painted designs, bold geometric forms and contrasting red, black, and natural tones. I find these designs fascinating. #Maya #Archeology

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A beautifully painted Maya vessel, featuring bold geometric patterns and warm reddish-orange tones. #Maya #Archaeology #Ceramics

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Jaina-style anthropomorphic figurine, Classic period (550–830 CE). The ceramic figure wears an elaborate headdress, large ear ornaments, a necklace, and decorated clothing. #Maya #Archaeology

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Chaac, the Maya rain god, was one of the most important deities in Maya religion, associated with rain, storms, agriculture, and fertility. He is often depicted with distinctive facial features, including a prominent nose and fangs. #Maya #Archaeology

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It is a small one, but it has some nice objects. Maybe you can see next time!

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A Maya zoomorphic vessel featuring an elaborate animal effigy and incised geometric decoration. Seen at the museum at Chichén Itzá. #Maya #Archaeology

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

They are truly wonderful museums. I would recommend anyone to visit them. They surprised a lot.

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

All in museums. Mostly in the Gran Museo Maya and the Museum of Anthropology. Both in Mérida, Yucatán. Some are from the Chichem Itza Museum. I wish I had found them! However, I found some trilobites in Morocco and posted pictures of them around March and April.

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yes, it is incredible the number of pieces found in great conditions. So enjoyable to look at them!

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’m fascinated by the designs painted on Maya vessels. The geometric patterns, repeated motifs, and bold contrasts. #Maya #Archaeology #Ceramics

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Another example of Maya orange ceramic, this time a tripod vessel with a white surface and beautifully incised decoration. #Maya #Archaeology #Mexico

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A Maya vessel from Uxmal, dating to the Late Classic period (1000–1542 CE). The anthropomorphic figure is richly adorned with an elaborate headdress and large ear ornaments. #Maya #Archaeology #Mexico

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I can't confirm it, but maybe there has been previous ones!

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I hope a solution is found soon. I'm sorry for the distress you are enduring.

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

2/2 The story connects the game with opposing cosmic forces such as life and death, day and night, and the Sun and Moon.

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

1/2 A Maya ballgame ring with intricate carvings reflecting the game's deep cosmological significance. In the Popol Vuh, the Hero Twins Hunahpú and Xbalanqué are challenged to a ballgame by the Lords of Xibalbá, the Maya underworld. #Maya #Archaeology

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Thank you so much! Hopefully, I will be adding hundreds more!

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I knew very little about it and I have been incredibly surprised. I'm making a huge collection of photos of this amazing objects we can rarely see find on internet and books. And I just post them in case someone enjoys it too!

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thank you so much! Extraordinary beautiful objects!

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Probably it was burried in a funeral.

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This Late Classic Maya tripod vessel is made of fine orange-colored ceramic and decorated with engraved motifs in the Sonaja style. #Maya #Archaeology

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A Jaina figurine, one of the most fascinating forms of Maya ceramic art. These detailed figures depict people through their elaborate costumes, headdresses, jewellery and other markers of status and identity. Many were placed as funerary offerings. #Maya #Archaeology

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

They forgot all that and moved on. I lived 2,5 years in Vietnam and 7 months in Cambodia.

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Many Maya masks like this, like the previous one I posted, were used as architectural decoration on temple façades and friezes, representing deities, rulers, ancestors, or elite captives. Seen at the Gran Museo Maya in Mérida. #Maya #Archaeology

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yutacan peninsula is very safe. I have never felt in danger at all. And most Maya archeological sites are around here.

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You will enjoy that for sure. Angkor Wat is absolutely amazing!

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yes, it must have been impressive. I have a few more photos of these masks, I will be uploadind them.

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Many Maya heads like this formed part of the decoration of temple façades and friezes, representing deities, rulers, ancestors, or elite captives. Seen at the Gran Museo Maya in Mérida. #Maya #Archaeology

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I don't thinks so. It is actually so puzzling, I would need to ask some experts.

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The verse, “I don’t know the people in your picture frame,” touched something deeply personal in me. I can’t quite explain why, but it stayed with me long after....

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I find the geometric motifs in Maya ceramics very interesting. The combination of repeating patterns, lines and curves creates a distinctive visual language. I have no idea of what they mean. #Maya #Archaeology

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That's a beautiful one. And Everybody knows & Dance me to the End of Love are among my favorites.

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yes, he was special. You can watch his acceptance discourse when he won the most prestigeous prize in Spain. And how he learned the guitar basics from a Spaniard in Canada who sadly killed himself after the first few private lessons. youtu.be/Dvz_ETXFnic?...

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El emotivo y motivador discurso de Leonard Cohen en su entrega del premio de las letras

YouTube video by GuitarDocs

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is just the second song I ever post on Blue Sky.... I think it is just too beautiful: I'm leaving the table I'm out of the game I don't know the people In your picture frame If I ever loved you or no, no It's a crying shame if I ever loved you youtu.be/mOrdWbqp85E?... #Music #LeonardCohen

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Leonard Cohen - Leaving the Table (Official Video)

YouTube video by LeonardCohenVEVO

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