Jennifer and Alexander John

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Jennifer and Alexander
John

Jennifer John is an art historian, Mayanist and photographer. Her PhD, from University College London, examined Postclassic Maya ceramic iconography at Lamanai, Belize. Alexander John is a medical doctor who also trained in London, he is also an artist and student of anthropology.

For the last ten years they have lived on small islands off the coast of Australia, where they have conducted their research. In 2015 they adventured through Central America with their three daughters, searching for and photographing ancient Maya animations presented in their book Maya Gods of Time and on their website www.mayagodsoftime.com.

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This article presents a major breakthrough in Maya art and archaeology, revealing the sophisticated way that Maya artists animated ancient artworks. There is a lot of excitement surrounding the contemporary Mexican animator Jorge Gutierrez’s latest project, a Netflix series called Maya and the Three, a modern anime that visualizes the pre-Columbian world, which fits in nicely with our research. This is because the Maya had their own ancient anime. Studying Maya moving pictures unlocks a forgotten philosophy of time-space not to be missed by those interested in ancient history and archaeology. The rollout photograph above is of a Maya ceramic which has converted the 3D ceramic to a flat 2D image. However, the image was never intended to be seen