Saturday, January 10, 2009

Mayan Beauty

A recent article entitled "Extreme Makeover" by Mary Miller in Archeology, discusses interesting facts about what the Mayan people believed to be physically beautiful.
The article mentions binding the head to produce a flattened forehead and elongated skull to drilling holes in their teeth and filling them with jade.
Very interesting article - here's the link: http://www.archaeology.org/0901/abstracts/maya.html