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Secrets of Living Human Heart Extraction Revealed
In the mid-16th century the hyper-violent forces of Spanish conquistadors burned, tortured, raped and spread diseases as they made their way across Mesoamerica in the name of their one god. Yet they recorded their distaste at indigenous sacrificial rituals in which people’s hearts were torn out of their chests while the victims were still alive.
ashley cowie - 25/04/2020 - 23:07
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The Shaman’s Secret World: Living in Light and Darkness
... found in pre-Columbian artifacts of Colombia, Panama, and Costa Rica. In the mythologies of many Amazon tribes , the ...
george fery - 18/10/2019 - 22:39
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David Hatcher Childress
David Hatcher Childress, known as the real-life Indiana Jones to the many fans of his books, is a captivating speaker and the author or coauthor of over 20 books. He has traveled the world several times over, seeking adventure and the answers to the mysteries of mankind’s past.
ancient-origins - 05/02/2013 - 01:13
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Hundreds of Intriguing Artifacts Unearthed at Ancient ‘White City’ Ruins in Honduras
... ceremonial metate. This one is from the Nicoya culture of Costa Rica, 300 – 700 AD. ( public domain ) “Some of the metate ...
aprilholloway - 11/02/2016 - 00:52
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Builders of Teotihuacan Had Remarkable Knowledge of Science and Engineering
In the heart of central Mexico, surrounded by majestic mountains and volatile volcanoes, is the Valley of Mexico Basin. There, hidden in plain sight stands Teotihuacan, a vast vexing complex of pyramids, temples, causeways, and subterranean tunnels.
Mark A. Carpenter - 02/01/2021 - 22:02
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Scientists Think 1.4 Million-Year-Old Stone Spheroids Were Deliberately Crafted
... Game! Six Ancient Stone Spheres from Diquís Delta in Costa Rica Excavated Map of selected locations where stone balls ... spherical shape. Who Made the Giant Stone Spheres of Costa Rica? Geometric Stone Spheres of Scotland: Part 2 – ...
Sahir - 07/09/2023 - 18:59
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New Discoveries at Ancient ‘White City’ Ruins in Honduras May Shed Light on Mysterious Civilization
... ceremonial metate. This one is from the Nicoya culture of Costa Rica, 300 – 700 AD. ( public domain ) “One of the metates ...
aprilholloway - 14/01/2016 - 14:53
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Aztec Weapons: The Horrifying Aztec Armory
The Aztecs were a native Mesoamerican culture that thrived in the forests, jungles, and plains of Central Mexico from 1300 until 1521, when their capital Tenochtitlan was seized by Hernán Cortés and his legion of Spanish conquistadors. Despite their technological handicaps, they were incredibly skilled at making a variety of murderous armaments that often competed with the steel-forged armories of their Spanish foes, whose conquest of the Aztecs and their lands represented a grisly and infamous chapter of early American history.
Jake Leigh-Howarth - 03/04/2022 - 22:59
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New Study Links Decline and Fall of Ancient Teotihuacan to Earthquakes
... the western coast of Mexico and Central America down to Costa Rica, the Middle America Trench is a geological subduction ...
Nathan Falde - 15/04/2024 - 17:50
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Rhodes in Spain? The Tempestuous History of the Strategic Coastal City of Roses
... Rhode, 1999. Rough Guides, Chris Lloyd, The Rough Guide to Costa Brava, 2002. Greeks in Spain, available at: ...
Natalia Klimczak - 07/05/2017 - 22:56
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Captivating Great Treasure of Lima
... and is situated some 342 miles (550 km) off the coast of Costa Rica, with an area of approximately 9.21 2 miles (23.85 km 2 ). An official Costa Rican survey of the island in 1895 reported: “There ...
ashley cowie - 21/03/2018 - 14:08
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Matching Myth and Genetics: Revealing the Origins of the Inca Through Modern DNA
The Inca people arrived at Cusco valley and in a few centuries built the Tawantinsuyu, the largest empire in the Americas. The Tawantinsuyu was the cultural climax of 6,000 years of Central Andes civilizations overlapping modern countries of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, the South of Colombia and the North of Argentina and Chile.
ancient-origins - 12/04/2018 - 14:02
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The Real History Behind Game of Thrones (Part one)
Game of Thrones is a series of fantasy books by acclaimed author George R.R. Martin and a highly popular television show on HBO. It is a world unto its own, but like other popular fantasy series, such as Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, it also has a fictional history that stretches back in time. From its beginnings to the most current episode, the storyline, characters and places share key similarities with real events and locations that have occurred in our world history.
Bryan Hill - 04/08/2015 - 21:22
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Rio’s Christ the Redeemer Statue Survives Despite Lightning Strikes
... that was held was won by local engineer Heitor da Silva Costa (1873-1941), although his original concept is very different from the present-day sculpture. Da Silva Costa traveled to Paris, the center of the art-world, to ... Guarded by Two Muslim Families? Bust of Heitor da Silva Costa (1873-1941), designer ( CC BY SA 3.0 ) He decided to ...
Ed Whelan - 30/06/2019 - 01:46
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Mysterious Artifacts Found in Ancient Inca Cemetery in Ecuador
The construction of a long-awaited irrigation water tank will have to wait a little longer for farmers living in the central region of Ecuador. When work began they found ancient human remains and when the archaeological team was brought in for a salvage mission, they unearthed more skeletons in the earth. But the skeletal remains of people who lived roughly 500 years ago are only part of the story. A couple of strange artifacts found in the ancient Inca cemetery have created new puzzles for local archaeologists to try to solve.
Alicia McDermott - 20/01/2021 - 13:49
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Man Out of Mountain: The Striking Figure of the Apennine Colossus
At the feet of the Apennines, Aeneas and his men defeated the Latins in one of the first victories of the early Romans. Amid flying arrows and screaming men, the Latins laid down their weapons and were taken by Aeneas' army while Father Apennine watched. Since then, the Apennine Mountain Range has seemingly had a life of its own. Giambologna, a 16th century Renaissance sculptor, worked a magic of his own when he gave Father Apennine a face in the gardens of Villa di Pratolino.
Riley Winters - 09/04/2024 - 14:50
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Dances with Snakes: The Real Reason for the Hopi Snake Dance
For thousands of years the Hopi tribe of northern Arizona has performed a secretive, sacred ceremony that embodies the manifold and richly evocative archetypal nature of the serpent. In modern times the so-called Snake Dance (Tsu’tiki or Tsu’tiva) has gained notoriety, partly because its participants put live snakes in their mouths and wrap them around their necks. The species, both venomous and non-venomous, might include garter snakes, gopher snakes, bull snakes, sidewinders, and even rattlesnakes.
Gary A. David - 09/04/2018 - 18:49
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Prophecy Through the Ages: Society, Power and Legend
“Prophecy is an emanation sent forth by the Divine Being through the medium of the Active Intellect, in the first instance to man's rational faculty, and then to his imaginative faculty.” - Maimonides, Medieval philosopher
Mary Mount - 21/05/2021 - 14:58
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5 Places That Will Remind You of Jurassic Park
... film series was set in Isla Sorna, a fictional island off Costa Rica in Central America, while the Galapagos archipelago can ...
Avi Kumar - 09/10/2023 - 14:50
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Are the Reclusive Shihuh People of Musandam the Original Arabians?
... are the Shihuh, the ‘hill people’. According to Paolo Costa, former head of Oman's Department of Antiquities, the ... mystery. “They are a most extraordinary people,” says Costa. “Ethnically, we don't know who they are. There is ...
David Millar - 31/10/2015 - 13:23