THE AGED GOD OF TIKAL

First and foremost, I found this Aged God to have been made in the form of a ceramic vase. But Tidbits is not about vases. It is about jewelry. So, I put a chain onto the head of the Aged God, colorized it into gold, and now call it jewelry. I left the original untouched as I wanted to show you all how the image once looked. And so, a Diptych for your viewing pleasure. On your left, the original in the form of a vase. On your right, the transformed version, in gold, with a chain, making it a pendant and allowing it to adhere to the Tidbits premise that it is always about jewelry, even if I have to do a few backward flips to make it so. In the heart of a jungle, in an area surrounded by dense growth, there lies one of the great sites of Mayan civilization which was once inhabited from the 6th century B.C. to the 10th century A.D. The center contains magnificent temples and palaces, public squares, and remains of dwellings scattered throughout the countryside. Tikal National Park is located in Northern Guatemala's Peten Province which is often referred to as the Maya Forest, wherein lies the Tikal National Park in which our vase of fame was discovered.