by Cheryl Norman
(The legacy of V. Garth Norman lives on.)
Izapa, Mexico’s ancient Temple Observatory has more than 100 carved stone monuments. The most famous is Stela 5, the “Tree of Life monument. Many photos have been displayed of this stone (See RESOURCE Article: “The Rosetta Stone of Mesoamerica”.) The video – “Illuminating Izapa” shows photos and a new technology “RTI” photography by Dr. Jason Jones (See Fig. 1-4) that supports previous photos by NWAF Archaaeologist V. Garth Norman.
Some artists have made “artistic” renderings of this Izapa “Tree of Life” Stela 5. They have put glyphs from other Izapa stelae in place of the glyphs and figures that are shown in photos from Matthew Stirling’s Smithsonian/National Geographic expedition in 1941 and V. Garth Norman’s 1965 and 1973 photos. The video shows that the “artistic” renditions by others do not display what the years of photos and the new RTI photos show.
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