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Palenque - Schele Number: 21003
"And they also had horses, and asses, and there were elephants and cureloms and cumoms; all of which were useful unto man, and more especially the elephants and cureloms and cumoms."
"And they also had horses, and asses, and there were elephants and cureloms and cumoms; all of which were useful unto man, and more especially the elephants and cureloms and cumoms."
Jean-Frédéric Maximilien de Waldeck (1766-1875), an early explorer of Mexico. Waldeck's was hired by the publisher Henry Berthoud to prepare some plates for an 1822 book entitled Description of the Ruins of an Ancient City.[4] This book was an English translation of the 1787 report on Palenque by Antonio del Río which had been commissioned for Charles III of Spain. In 1825, he was hired as a hydraulic engineer by an English mining company and went to Mexico. He explored the Pre-Columbian ruins of the country, living in Palenque between May 1832 and July 1833. In 1834, he was hired by Lord Kingsborough to travel to Uxmal and make drawings and architectural reconstructions. In 1838, Waldeck published Voyage pittoresque et archéologique dans la province d'Yucatan pendant les années 1834 et 1836 (Paris), a volume of illustrations of Mérida, Yucatán and Maya ruins, including those at Uxmal. In 1839, he was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society.[5]
Despite his credentials, Maximillien Waldeck is openly criticized for his "fanciful" drawings and architectural reconstructions...
Despite his credentials, Maximillien Waldeck is openly criticized for his "fanciful" drawings and architectural reconstructions...
Many of the objects Waldeck drew, have been found...
Many of the objects Waldeck drew, have been found...
Including the Elephant Glyph from Waldeck's sketchbook...
Including the Elephant Glyph from Waldeck's sketchbook...
Which IS in Palenque, along with a few dozen others...
Which IS in Palenque, along with a few dozen others...
1975 - Artists were sent to Palenque to "verify"...
1975 - Artists were sent to Palenque to "verify"...
Books Include
"Maya Glyphs: The Verbs" (Schele 1982)
the "Palenque Bodega" book (Schele and Mathews 1979)
"The Blood of Kings" (Schele and Miller 1986)
"A Forest of Kings" (Schele and Freidel 1990)
"Maya Cosmos" (Freidel, Schele, and Parker 1993)
"The Code of Kings" (Schele and Mathews 1998)
Linda wanted her spirit of openness and sharing to continue after her death, and she and her husband David stipulated that FAMSI should be the central clearing-house for the public dissemination of her drawings, via its web-site.
In accordance with Linda’s wishes, the drawings contained in this archive are freely available to all interested parties for scholarly study.
However, modern tourists are NOT allowed to see the original stone,
However, modern tourists are NOT allowed to see the original stone,
They are presented instead with Drawings, Rubbings & a "Replica" of the stone:
They are presented instead with Drawings, Rubbings & a "Replica" of the stone:
But, as it tuns out,
But, as it tuns out,
the ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE STONE "INSITU" exist...
the ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE STONE "INSITU" exist...
Which show the "Tusks"
Which show the "Tusks"
The "Drawing", Rubbing" & "Replica" are disturbing,
The "Drawing", Rubbing" & "Replica" are disturbing,
because whomever made them, INTENTIONALLY REMOVED these "tusks"
because whomever made them, INTENTIONALLY REMOVED these "tusks"
NOTE: There are TWO elephants with "tusks" on this stone
NOTE: There are TWO elephants with "tusks" on this stone
See Schele #20100/20101 (upper section) & #20102/20103 (lower section)
NOTES:
NOTES:
Palenque's Tablet of the 96 Glyphs contains an inscription created in 783 CE. It celebrates K'uk' Bahlam II's first k'atun of rule, and records a sequence of events beginning with K'inch Janaab Pakal I's dedication of House E, the Sak Nuk Naah ("White Skin House"), in 654 CE.
FAIR Mormon - https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/Book_of_Mormon/Animals/Elephants
"Xalapa / Jalapa Museum Figurine is evidence of elephants in Mesoamerica during the time frame of the Jaredites"
W. D. Strong, “North American traditions suggesting a knowledge of the mammoth,” American Anthropologist 36 (1934), 81-88.
Miguel Angel Fernández & Heinrich Berlin: Drawings of Glyphs of Structure XVIII, Palenque. Notes on Middle American Archaeology and Ethnology ( 1954) - PDF
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