Dr. Mark Van Stone explicates a Maya plate

[@АнастасияШкилева-э3ю]

Can I tell you how and on what day the corn god was born?

[@artefuse]

Mark, I am a big fan of your work. I wanted to ask you something. Do you ever translate a single sentence for a fee? It's for an art project I am working on about the Mayan civilization.

[@LindoLanguage]

What a beautiful piece you're reviewing. So grateful you must feel to hold it and look at it! (Even if it is a replica) Thank you for posting this and sharing your academic perspective on the meaning of it's details. Much Love from Atlanta, GA!

[@markvanstone2012]

It is interesting that these glyphs are so similar, but a step is a step. I'm reminded that the head-variant glyphs for "eat" and "drink" each consist of a human head holding in its mouth the glyph of "bread" (WAH) and "water" (HA') respectively. More common is the glyph for Sa(hal) ("subordinate lord"): the same head "eating" the glyph for "earth" (KAB). Cortez tells us that high-ranking nobles showed respect for the emperor by reaching down and eating a bit of dirt.

[@PAAKWAMEPAA]

This is all very beautiful. I would love to read a copy of your book. I think that the Mayan script is very unique, and it's a testament to the ingenuity that all humans possess.

[@markvanstone2012]

By the way, I think you are referring to the Ballgame portrayed on a hieroglyphic stairway on Temple 33 at Yaxchilan, (HS2, panel 7, I believe), which I portray in my book "2012: Science and Prophecy of the Ancient Maya"... The left half of the text is enclosed in a ballgame-step-shape with a giant ball bouncing down it to the waiting lord.

[@sleite41]

Very Nice Doc Van Stone, so interesting ! The "stair" glyph next to the footprint looks similar to a Maya Ball Game glyph I think I saw once before somewhere, perhaps in one of Linda Schele's books. Could it be related ? Thank you for sharings these nice videos wuth us

[@MayaTruth]

Oh, Spect Tre, As I said in the video, this is a replica, painted by the great Patricia Morales of Muna, Yucatán. She's good, no? ...Although I'd urge you in the future to watch a whole video before responding, I thank you for your respect for indigenous culture.

[@sleite41]

Thank you Doc van Stone, and by the way I've got your 2012 book - I'll check it as soon as posible, as for the moment another mayanist here in Lisbon borrowed it for some days, Best Regards

[@SpectreWeb]

Good. You know? A NASA scientist recently said on a conference that the Dresden Codex was Inca.... Maybe you can invite this guy to explain all NASA scientists that the Dresden Codex was Maya not Inca..

[@tecpaocelotl]

Technically in ancient Mayan culture, it would be a good thing. LOL.

[@user-fs6zl9uz3f]

what would be ?

[@StonesDunedin]

Great looking plate ... Bad luck with dropping it though! (even though it's a replica). You can't have been having a good day. .. By the way, thanks for the subscription ;)

[@SpectreWeb]

THIEF!!!!