| Object Name: | Murals in Room 1 |
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| Creation Date: | 200-900 AD | |
| Culture: | Maya | |
| Site: | Bonampak, Chiapas | |
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| Image source: | CSULA Art Dept Visual Resources | |
| The murals are in Structure 1, a three-roomed building on the first terrace of the acropolis. The first Classic wall paintings to survive are "in situ" within Structure 1 at Bonampak, a site whose modern name roughly translates as "painted walls." The paintings celebrate the relationship among Bonampak, Yaxchilan and Lacanha and the victory they shared, although the text of Room 1 explicitly states that the building itself belonged to the king of Bonampak, Yahaw Chan Muan. | ||
