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Mayan art and architecture was a prayer
瑪雅的藝術品和建筑都反映了
and appealed to the weather -
對天氣的祈求
"Let us live, let every year be fruitful."
"讓我們活下去 讓年年豐收"
Only the most damaged of the art
曾經裝點卡拉克穆爾并還保留在原址的
that used to adorn Calakmul remains on-site.
只有被破壞最嚴重的藝術品
In Mexico's anthropology museum,
在墨西哥的人類學博物館里
we can see some of that art and how Mayan society worked.
我們可以看到部分藝術品以及瑪雅社會體系
There were kings made of flesh and blood
既有擁有血肉之軀的國王
and kings made of stone,
也有石頭鑄就的國王
and you had to obey both kinds.
你必須全部服從
But Mayan art wasn't all enormous and formal, far from it.
但瑪雅藝術并不全是宏偉正式的 而恰恰相反
It was hugely varied.
它種類繁多
One of the most spectacular flourishings of creativity
這是人類歷史上
in human history.
創造力最勃發的時代之一
Every human type got his or her figurine,
每種人都有他或她的小雕像
like action characters and heroes from a comic book or a play.
像是漫畫書或戲劇中的人物和英雄
