& the ReThugs say art has no lasting meaning. Well, deny this.
"The painting is a 'masterpiece,' said archeologist David Freidel of Southern Methodist University. The scenes 'are executed with the confidence, compositional imagination, and technical perfection of an artist who, while anonymous, must rank with the best the world has ever known.'
The first part of the mural shows the creation of the world. Four figures, all variants of the son of the maize god, set up the physical world.
One stands in water, offering a fish, establishing a watery underworld. A second stands on ground and sacrifices a deer, establishing the land. The third floats in the air, offering a turkey, thereby establishing the sky. The fourth stands in a field of flowers, offering fragrant blossoms, the food of gods, and establishing paradise in the east, where the sun is reborn daily.
The next section shows the maize god crowning himself king of a wooden scaffold, and shows his birth, death and resurrection, bringing sustenance to the world. The final section shows the nearly identical crowning of a human king."
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