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1. Ritual and Burial: The Strange and Elaborate Ways Humans Prepared Animals for the Afterlife

   The practice of animal burial is one that dates back to prehistoric epochs. Many cultures around the globe have buried animals for various reasons: sentimentality, religious rituals, superstition, and more. Archaeological studies of animal burials aren’t just to catalogue what the ancient humans ate or which animals they domesticated, but these finds also shed light on the very lifestyles, beliefs and spiritual customs of ancient societies.

   lizleafloor - 07/09/2015 - 14:49

2. The Mahabharata: Unforgettable Lessons in An Indian Epic of Family Fighting

   Poets have told it before, poets are telling it now, other poets shall tell this history on earth in the future.
   - (The Book of the Beginning), Mahabharata

   dhwty - 03/06/2018 - 18:45

3. The Zapotecs of Monte Alban - The First Civilization in Western Mexico?

   ... of the door. Remembering the Future: How Ancient Maya Agronomists Changed the Modern World Playing Ball in ... a precursor to later writing systems used by the ancient Maya , Mixtecs, and Aztecs . The Zapotecs of Monte Alban also ... consisting of dots and bars, which was later used by the Maya . The many Zapotec inscriptions found at Monte Alban ...

   Caleb Strom - 30/06/2019 - 22:43

4. 1,000-Year-Old Cañada de la Virgen Monument Given Protected Status in Mexico

   ... 600 and 900 AD, the Mesoamerican Epiclassic period. Many Maya cities also belong to this period. LiDAR Tech Unearths ... an archaeological site known as Las Labradas. Will a Pre-Maya Skeleton be Destroyed by the Maya Train? Massive Research Initiative Reveals Truth about ...

   Sahir - 23/09/2022 - 18:58

5. The Diwali Festival of Lights: A Celebration of Freedom and Good Triumphing over Evil

   Diwali / Deepavali is also known as the Festival of Lights (the name of this festival may be literally translated from Sanskrit as rows of lights), and is one of the most well-known and important Indian festivals. While the origins of this festival can be found in the Hindu faith, it is celebrated also by adherents of other faiths, including Sikhs and Jains.

   dhwty - 30/10/2016 - 23:49

6. Beyond the Mists of Time: The Mysterious Timoto-Cuica Culture of the Venezuelan Andes

   When we speak of the pre-Columbian South American civilizations, the first to come to mind are the Incas, the Tiwanaku, the Nazca, or perhaps even the

   Aleksa Vučković - 09/08/2019 - 14:02

7. 10 Must See Ancient Cities to Add to Your Bucket List

   ... in Guatemala. ( Ingo Bartussek / Adobe Stock) Of all the Maya ruins, Tikal - known to them as Yax Mutal - is by far ... Guatemala. One of the largest urban centers of the ancient Maya, Tikal was the capital of their most powerful kingdom. ... 900 AD, it reached its zenith, and was the center of the Maya region in every regard - economically, militarily, and ...

   Aleksa Vučković - 29/11/2021 - 17:57

8. Tomb Hidden by History, Now Revealed: Wet Nurse of Tutankhamun May have been His Own Sister

   ... status, and likely his eldest sister Maia (also known as Maya, Matia or Meritaten). French Egyptologist Asserts that ... at the entrance of the tomb of the wet nurse, called Maya, shows the pharaoh Tutankhamen seated on her lap. It's now believed that Maya may have been Tutankhamen's sister, Meritaten. ( Public ...

   lizleafloor - 21/12/2015 - 21:50

9. 16 Bizarre, Impressive and Hilarious Funerary Masks of the Ancient World

   ... Peru ( Met Museum / Public Domain) Jade funerary mask of Maya king Pakal of Palenque (Pakal the Great), 7 th Century ...

   Joanna Gillan - 01/10/2022 - 18:59

10. Jawbone Jewelry: Archaeologists Discover 1,300-Year-Old Painted Bone Pendants in Mexico

    ... Civilization of the Cloud People The Music of the Maya: Mysterious whistles Confound Experts Aztec Death ... shape of a frog from Yaxchilan (Tlapitzalli.com). Right: Maya monkey whistle. (William Scott / BigStockPhoto). The ...

    aprilholloway - 18/05/2016 - 21:44

11. Palatkwapi-Sedona: City of the Star People

    ... deluge in the city’s past it is recorded in the “ Maya Flood Myth ,” which is, however, an astronomical event ...

    MarkPinkham - 13/01/2022 - 00:42

12. Uncovering Ancient Pyramid Science at Teotihuacan, Where Men Become Gods

    ... looking for artifacts. Cliff Dunning will be discussing Maya Pyramid Science at the Ancient Hi-Tech Uncovered ... learn about a specific pyramid at Tikal, an ancient Maya city in Guatemala, which was used by the local farmers ... of the Serpent. We now understand that at a number of Maya pyramids there are key components designed into their ...

    Cliff Dunning - 25/03/2021 - 02:36

13. Toltecs: Fierce Warriors Who Changed the Face of Mesoamerica for Good

    ... of the Jaguar and the Eagle, which were introduced to the Maya, their southern neighbors. Jaguar warrior from the Codex ... as the Yucatan peninsula, where he was worshipped by the Maya as Kukulcan. Moreover, in the pantheon of the Aztecs, ... influence of the Toltecs is visible in the great Maya city of Chichen Itza. In the past, it was thought that ...

    dhwty - 13/07/2018 - 01:55

14. War Elephants: The Military ‘Tanks’ of the Ancient World

    “A few only of Ptolemy's elephants ventured to close with those of the enemy, and now the men in the towers on the back of these beasts made a gallant fight of it, striking with their pikes at close quarters and wounding each other, while the elephants themselves fought still better, putting forth their whole strength and meeting forehead to forehead.”

    -Polybius, Histories, Book V

    dhwty - 28/04/2018 - 18:47

15. The Sunghir Burial Site: Were these Two Children Sacrificed in a Form of Prehistoric Scapegoating?

    ... known cultures who performed human sacrifice - such as the Maya or the Aztecs. Illustration showing an Aztec skull ... human sacrifices in other cultures such as the ancient Maya were sometimes voluntary and it was often respected ...

    Caleb Strom - 05/10/2017 - 19:00

16. Did West Africans live in Four Corners Region of the United States from 12th Century?

    ... at Pre-Columbian sites (8-15). Some of the ancient Maya may have been SSA, because ancient Mayan skeletal ... Cerro de Las Mesas, Teothuacan, Monte Alban and Yucatan Maya, XXXlX Congreso Intern. de Americanistas, Lima 1970 ...

    Clyde Winters - 03/07/2016 - 00:57

17. Facial Reconstruction of Bronze Age Woman from 3,700-Year-Old Skull Brings Her Story Back to Life

    ... missing. Hew Morrison studying the skull of ‘Ava’. ( Maya Hoole ) The depth of Ava’s skin was chosen with the ... with our own ancient ancestors.” Ava got her name from Maya Hoole, an archaeologist who took an interest in the ...

    Alicia McDermott - 31/07/2016 - 00:53

18. 3,000-Year-Old Phoenician Shell-Dye Factory Linked With The Temple

    ... tools and devices for working with textiles. (Maya Margit / YouTube Screenshot ) Researchers use the term ...

    ashley cowie - 03/07/2019 - 13:46

19. Is This Really an Ancient Celestial Map, Or a Case of “The Selection Effect”?

    ... claimed “had discovered a previously undiscovered Maya city using astronomy software.”  William Gadoury “thought” he’d found an abandoned Maya city deep in the heart of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, ... a large number of ancient man-made features, whether it's Maya cities or the Nazca Lines, “is simply an act of ...

    ashley cowie - 27/12/2023 - 20:47

20. Putting a Face to Eva of Naharon, The Oldest Human Relic Found in the Americas

    ... at the time. Secret Underground Cavern Thought by the Maya to be Portal to the Underworld 1,000-year-old Maya pyramid might collapse into sacred ancient sinkhole in ...

    Alicia McDermott - 22/08/2018 - 22:31

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