Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Bluesky Threads The fresco is beautiful but it hurts my heart that they covered the original Egyptian hieroglyphics by guerilla_gardener98
NotEnoughLayers on March 8, 2026 5:16 pm It’s very unfortunate how common it was build over, sometimes at the complete expense of previous artifacts. I tend to think of all the temples and structures in Mesoamerica that were turned into churches
SandakinTheTriplet on March 8, 2026 5:31 pm Unfortunate if you really want to see the original glyphs in that part of the temple but it’s all part of the history of that site.
ka_boum on March 8, 2026 8:42 pm Ah ok thanks. I’m no specialist. I was a little surprised by the style of the faces that seems to me more like 19the century
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Fresco from when?
It’s very unfortunate how common it was build over, sometimes at the complete expense of previous artifacts.
I tend to think of all the temples and structures in Mesoamerica that were turned into churches
Unfortunate if you really want to see the original glyphs in that part of the temple but it’s all part of the history of that site.
Ah ok thanks. I’m no specialist. I was a little surprised by the style of the faces that seems to me more like 19the century