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The British Museum and Google Arts & Culture: Decoding the secrets of the ancient Maya

Explore a monstrous Maya sculpture, called a Zoomorph, from the 8th century in 3D from the Maya site of Quirigua, Guatemala. Can you spot the intermingled forms of a jaguar, turtle, snake, and a crocodile?
Zoom in and explore this intricate Maya glyph in 3D from the Zoomorph, created by 3D scanning the plaster cast created in Guatemala jungle in the 19th century. Today this cast is part of the extensive Maudslay Collection of the British Museum.
Discover the heart of ancient Maya world in curated 360 tours of Tikal and Quirigua and Street View of many more sites across Guatemala.
Writer and BBC presenter Kanishk Tharoor shines a light on the Maya people, past and present
Learn more about the Maya language, a unique linguistic achievement of ancient Americas in the online exhibit:
What happens when you overlay a photo from the 19th century and today of the same Maya sculpture? An eye-catching juxtaposition of Quirigua Stela D
The decorative Fenton Vase from the ancient Guatemalan highlands
Google Expedition to Quirigua, Guatemala for school children
Follow 19th century explorer Alfred Maudslay and his wife Anne on their journey into the Maya world in An Adventurer’s Tale.

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