what we see before us is a scene of the triumphant lords of bonampak. they are all decked out in their fabulous jaguar costumes. they are standing above nine captives and a severed head-- the most prominent captive acrosshe doorway.ly (narrator) the murals represent captives in abject poses... their gestures plaintive... their hands drpid,thgrac mp en ouifr gestures plaintive... the presentation of a child-- perhaps an heir to the throne... dancers and musicians play maracas made from gourds, instruments made from turtle shells, a drum and trumpets. the celebrants are costumed-- one is a crayfish, another is a crocodile. the murals at bonampak provide a graphic and vivid depiction of the maya-- their cruelty, vanity, love of music, and humor. they were left unfinished when the people of bonampak abandoned their city around the year 800. palenque and scores of oth maya cities also suffered from a rising tide of disintegration and social collapse. plenque, with its proud tower surveying the fertile plain that fueled its greatness, was abandoned to the rai

what we see before us is a scene of the triumphant lords of bonampak. they are all decked out in their fabulous jaguar costumes. they are standing above nine captives and a severed head-- the most prominent captive acrosshe doorway.ally (narrator) the murals represent captives in abject poses... their gestures plaintive... their hands drpiitd,thr ac mp en rteir gestures plaintive... the esentation of a child-- perhaps an heir to the throne... dancers and musicians play maracas made from gourds, instruments made from turtle shells, a drum and trumpets. the celebrants are costumed-- one is a crayfish, another is a crocodile. the murals at bonampak provide a graphic and vivid depiction of the maya-- their cruelty, vanity, love of music, and humor. they were left unfinished when the people of bonampak abandoned their city around the year 800. palenque and scores of oth maya cities also suffered from a rising tide of disintegration and social collapse. plenque, with its proud tower surveying the fertile plain that fueled its greatness, was abandoned to the r