National park
Parque Nacional Tulum
Layered temple frescoes repainted by unnamed artists across generations on a walled coastal site.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Temple of the Frescoes in Parque Nacional Tulum follows the generations of anonymous Maya painters who kept returning to one small room to repaint it, layer over layer, through the Late Postclassic period. You will hear about their pigments, including a blue that still puzzles chemists, and the falling deity that recurs across the site. It also touches on the highland Mexican painting tradition scholars believe shaped their style. Best heard in early morning, when the light catches the east wall these painters worked by.
This audio guide was created using AI.