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New Discoveries at Ancient ‘White City’ Ruins in Honduras May Shed Light on Mysterious Civilization
... that archaeologists say seem to resemble those found in a Maya “sky band,” an abstract depiction of the night ... unnamed culture of prehistoric Mosquitia and its powerful Maya neighbors to the west and north.” The discovery of ...
aprilholloway - 14/01/2016 - 14:53
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‘Heart-Shaped’ Cranial Modification Carried Out on Skulls at Ancient Mexican Site of Durango
... earliest known instances of this custom. Mexico’s 'Tren Maya' Project Reveals Countless New Sites and Burials Elite Maya Burial Chamber Uncovered in Palenque Excavation The ... the custom was significant in their society. The ancient Maya civilization, which existed from around 2000 BC to 1600 ...
Sahir - 28/07/2023 - 19:04
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Ciudad Perdida: Lost City in Colombian Highlands holds Mysteries of Ancient Civilization
... Montezuma The Mystery of the Lost Ancient Culture of the Maya Archaeologists find untouched ruins in their search for ...
dhwty - 16/05/2015 - 03:35
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Were Mexico’s Circular Pyramids Really Made for a Flying Ceremony?
... Aztecs Compare to Other Omnipotent Deities? 1,000-year-old Maya pyramid might collapse into sacred ancient sinkhole in ...
dhwty - 12/12/2017 - 18:50
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Quetzalcoatl: From Feathered Serpent to Creator God
... by other names in other Mesoamerican civilizations . The Maya people, for instance, referred to Quetzalcoatl as ...
dhwty - 10/05/2019 - 20:42
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Mexican Farmers Unearth Ancient Statue of Elite Mesoamerican Woman
... statue. “[They are] best known among the Classic Maya, but also in Classic Zapotec bas-reliefs and ... .” The Huastecs were originally descended from the Maya . They created their own distinct culture following ... overlaps between their cultural practices and those of the Maya were to be expected. Interestingly, the statue seems to ...
Nathan Falde - 11/01/2021 - 22:02
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Hundreds of Intriguing Artifacts Unearthed at Ancient ‘White City’ Ruins in Honduras
... according to archaeologists who examined it, resemble a Maya “sky band,” similar to depictions of the night sky ... are often associated with gods and objects of power in the Maya world. The metates also display many puzzling ...
aprilholloway - 11/02/2016 - 00:52
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Reviving Patolli: The Ancient Mesoamerican Game of Strategy and Fortune
... with evidence for it being found in cultures such as the Maya and Aztecs. This game, much more than mere ... of a game cherished by civilizations like the Aztec and Maya as you traverse a beautifully crafted circular board ...
Gary Manners - 24/04/2024 - 14:45
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The Cosmic Scorpion Evident in Ancient Cultures
... as a scorpion and named Bundungu . Both the Aztecs and Maya are known to have had scorpion constellations. Although ... this may have referenced Ursa Major, it is clear that the Maya saw a celestial scorpion in the Scorpius stars. The ...
Alistair - 01/07/2019 - 15:47
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The Great City of Uruk Became Sumerian Powerhouse of Technology, Architecture and Culture
Home to Gilgamesh, Uruk was the major force of urbanization and state formation during the 4th millennium BC. In Epic of Gilgamesh, the king is said to have built the city’s monumental walls. There may be some truth to the legend, these walls, as well as other city structures, were actually unearthed by archaeologists.
dhwty - 25/08/2018 - 21:14
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Hernan Cortes: The Conquistador Who Beat the Aztecs
... de Aguilar, and Gonzalo Guerrero living amongst the Maya . These two were survivors of a shipwreck in 1511. Whilst Guerrero chose to continue living with the Maya, de Aguilar, who was a Franciscan priest, joined Cortes’ expedition. During his time with the Maya, de Aguilar picked up Yucatec Mayan, as well as a few ...
dhwty - 15/05/2021 - 15:01
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El Tajín, The Lost City of a Mysterious People
... of the Toltecs or that they were a branch of the mighty Maya people. Some evidence suggests that the builders of El ... It is believed that this tradition derived from the Maya as the losers of the ballgame were beheaded and ...
Ed Whelan - 23/06/2019 - 22:55
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Echoes of Eternal Egyptian Art: Masters of Form and Finesse—Part I
... paintings. It was rarely the work of a sole individual. Maya was one of the elite, the third most powerful man in ... was spared in fashioning a sumptuous resting place for Maya and his wife Merit. The couple adores Osiris and ...
anand balaji - 10/11/2021 - 00:59
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Chinese Votive Sword Found in Georgia suggests Pre-Columbian Chinese travel to North America
... and subsequent cultural groups, such as the Maya. Though modified by other groups to meet local needs and ... Islands. Also, one cannot overlook that the Olmec and Maya had a fleet of large ocean going canoes plying the ... which have not changed in manufacture or design since the Maya, still transport tons of stacked 50 gallon barrels of ...
Indigenous Peoples Research Foundation - 21/06/2020 - 19:17
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1,600-Year-Old Elongated Skull with Stone-Encrusted Teeth Found in Mexico Ruins
... This was a practice that was used among the nobility in Maya regions in southern Mexico and Central America. The Maya are credited with being the masters of cosmetic ...
aprilholloway - 08/07/2016 - 15:00
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Cross-Cultural Living and Dying in Colonial Campeche, But No Sex
... and crumbling military architecture, replaced the nearby Maya trading settlement of Ah Kin Pech. Over the last three ...
ashley cowie - 14/07/2022 - 14:57
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Ancient Acoustic Artifacts and Communication with the Gods
... sound effects of Malta’s Hypogeum Hal Saflieni Figure 2. Maya monkey whistle. (William Scott / BigStockPhoto) ...
ancient-origins - 13/08/2017 - 01:53
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The Ramanathaswamy Temple and its Infinite Corridors
The Ramanathaswamy Temple is regarded as one of the holiest Hindu temples in India. This sacred site is located on Rameswaram Island, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu between mainland India and Sri Lanka. The Ramanathaswamy Temple, which is dedicated to the god Shiva, is notable for a variety of reasons, including its outer set of corridors, which are reputed to be the longest of their kind in the world.
dhwty - 24/02/2018 - 13:55
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The Mahabharata
The Mahabharata, an ancient and vast Sanskrit poem, is a remarkable collection of epics, legends, romances, theology, and ethical and metaphysical doctrine. The core of this great work is the epic struggle between five heroic brothers, the Pandavas, and their one hundred contentious cousins for rule of the land. This is the second volume of van Buitenen's acclaimed translation of the definitive Poona edition of the text.
ancient-origins - 01/02/2020 - 01:13
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Marutsakha Takes Flight: Modern Aviation Based on Ancient Vimana
In 1895 Shivkar Bapuji Talpade (1864-1916), a member of the Maharashtri, launched an unmanned aircraft called Marutsakha, (Sanskrit ‘Marut’ means Air and 'Sakha' means ‘Friend’, so ‘Friend of the Air') on Chowpatty beach.
Enrico - 04/11/2019 - 21:25