Painted in the last decade of the 8th century in the tropical rainforest of Chiapas, Mexico, and brought to modern attention in 1946, the wall paintings of Bonampak reveal the ancient Maya at the end of their splendor. Sterling Professor of History of Art Mary Miller, a specialist in the art of ancient New World cultures explores the ritual artwork of the Late Maya court.Using the most complex and luxurious palette of pigments known from pre-hispanic Mexico, a small group of trained artists rendered the rituals of court rituals, from human sacrifice to the receipt of foreign dignitaries. Using both newly commissioned and newly rediscovered photographs as well as recently completed reconstructions, Professor Miller will bring this ancient spectacle to life.