Maya civilization

Mesoamerican civilization

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January 15 2023
Maya codices
The J. Paul Getty Museum exhibition featuring the Maya Codex of Mexico concluded.
October 18 2022
Maya codices
Publication of 'Códice Maya de México: Understanding the Oldest Surviving Book of the Americas' coincided with the start of an exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
2018
Maya codices
The codex was officially renamed from Grolier Codex to Maya Codex of Mexico, and Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History judged it to be an authentic Pre-Columbian codex after various scientific tests.
2016
Maya codices
The Maya Codex of Mexico was housed at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, becoming the only Maya codex still residing in the Americas.

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