Sunday, May 31st 2009, 2:00 pm
Temple of the Warriors: Rebuilding a Maya Monument
Exhibit Opening, Presentation and Reception, Free Admission
On May 31st the El Paso Museum of Archaeology will open the traveling exhibit, Temple of the Warriors: Rebuilding a Maya Monument. At 2:00 pm that day museum director Marc Thompson will present an overview of the exhibit. Yucatecan refreshments will be available following the presentation.

The exhibit, on loan from the University of Colorado Museum Traveling Exhibitions, will be on view from through October 4th 2009. It provides a look at both the archaeological phases of the restoration as well as the professional and personal experiences of the staff involved.

Revealed through the eyes of two individuals who lived it, Earl and Ann Morris, this exhibit is the story of one of the greatest archaeological efforts to ever take place in México. In 1924, archaeologist Earl H. Morris of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, D.C. and his artist wife Ann Axtell Morris were part of an unparalleled restoration effort at the ancient Maya city of Chichen Itza in Yucatan, México.

In a landmark agreement with the Mexican government, only scientific information would be gathered, leaving all cultural material at the site. Upon completion, knowledge gained through excavation provided an unprecedented insight into one of the greatest ancient civilizations of the Americas.

For information contact 915-755-4332 or guidamr@elpasotexas.gov
El Paso Museum of Archaeology
4301 Woodrow Bean Transmountain Road
915-755-4332

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