Museum of Anthropology

We spent most of today in the National Museum of Anthropology. It is a museum, but it is perhaps the most amazing museum I have ever seen.

By the end of the day, we were totally exhausted, but it was worth it.

Intoduction to Anthropology. This was a very small model.

A Tree of Life

Anthropology involves dead people.

The Acrobat- one of the most striking Aztec carvings

The Sun

Part of a wall of Aztec carvings

Something striking about this carving of a macaw

An Aztec Face (Deb noted the bad teeth) 

Beautifful mosaic skull

Quetzacoatl head-dress

This is the actual really Aztec calendar.

Deb needs to pose in the Mayan exhibit.

Mayan Funerary jade mask.

A wall in the Mayan ezhibit