The murals of Bonampak
Murals that shattered the myth of the peaceful Maya
Around 790 three rooms of a temple at Bonampak were painted with scenes of court ceremonies, a fierce battle and the execution of captives. In 1946 Lacandon Maya showed the temple to the American photographer Giles Healey. The murals overturned the then-popular image of the Maya as peaceful priest-astronomers.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 793 Viking raid on Lindisfarne — 3 years later
- 800 Coronation of Charlemagne — 10 years later
Asia
- 802 Founding of the Khmer Empire — 12 years later
Alive at the time
- Charlemagne (aged 42)
- Emperor Kanmu (aged 53)
- Harun al-Rashid (aged 24)
- Louis the Pious (aged 12)
- Al-Khwarizmi (aged 10)