Pre-Columbian art from the Maya, Aztecs, Zapotecs, and Olmecs ongoing at the Amparo Museum in Puebla, Mexico
Pre-Columbian art from the Maya, Aztecs, Zapotecs, and Olmecs. Ongoing. At the Amparo Museum in Puebla, Mexico. At the Amparo Museum, one of Mexico's most important but least-visited archaeologocial museums, you can see Mayan stelae depicting the mythological story of the creation of the world, sculptures of rabbit-headed scribe gods, stone representations of Totonac gods of death, ceramic statues of powerful Zapotec lords, and numerous Aztec sculptures of animals like Xoloitzcuintle dogs, spider monkeys, jaguars, coyotes, and snakes. Image: Ceramic religious sculpture of a mythological beast. Classical Period. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributor Éclusette.