June
23
/ 2023
Between 1839 and 1841 two intrepid explorers; John Lloyd Stephens, an American writer, diplomat, and traveler, teamed up with English artist and architect Frederick Catherwood to visit 44 Maya sites. Through Stephens’ two books and Catherwood’s countless illustrations, they introduced the Western world to the long-forgotten Maya culture. The Maya civilization stretches back to 2600 BC and is still alive amongst the peoples of the Yucatán, despite the best efforts of the Spanish conquistadors to eradicate it. Their descendants still speak 28 of their original languages and many still live in their original style of homes, built of stucco mud bricks and thatched roofs, but they no longer build magnificent stone palaces and towering pyramids. Following in the footsteps of
