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The Ixil Maya area is located in Quiche Department o f the north-western part o f the Guatemalan Highlands. It has witnessed a continuous occupation since the 1st millennium BC till today. This archaeologically interesting region has provided many important discoveries o f rare cultural mixture, with distinct features typical fo r both Maya Highlands and more distant Lowlands. Recently, the scholarly interest has focused on Chajul where a few years ago, in one o f the local houses, well preserved wall paintings dated to the Colonial period were exposed by the house owner during the process o f its renovation. With this extraordinary finding a question emerged are we able to confirm the cultural continuity between the pre-Columbian settlers and modem Ixil who claim «to be always here»? This paper presents a brief outline o f the history o f the Ixil Maya. It also presents results o f some recent and preliminary studies conducted by Polish scholars in this region.

Between the past and the present: the Ixil Maya and the discovery of rare mural paintings in Guatemala