Replica of thistle-shaped Maya drum Sitting in a row inside a narrow palace chamber, somewhere in what is today the Petén lowlands of Guatemala, a Maya lord, perhaps a visitor from a distant citadel, is entertained with samples of different foods carried by his host's servants. With a gesture of the hand, the host seems to invite his guest to taste all the culinary delicacies before him. To add to the celebration, two musicians with exuberant feathered headdresses and tattooe