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Some people equate mythology with fair tales. However, if we look at mythology as we look at history then we get a completely different perspective and understanding that opens new doors for comprehension of the world mythologies.
johnblack - 25/05/2014 - 03:14
... had 45 foot soldiers, 15 conquistadors and at least 350 Maya and other Indian allies of the Spaniards, including ...
Mark Miller - 09/05/2019 - 18:21
... Mesoamerican settlers at least 8,000 years before the Maya culture first emerged. Fingerprints of Ancient Violence ...
ashley cowie - 06/02/2020 - 18:54
Nuclear power has caused some serious disasters throughout the world. Is it a modern phenomenon, or is there evidence of its existence in the ancient world?
Ken Jeremiah - 04/04/2022 - 16:42
... of golden wire “to secure her teeth in place.” Ancient Maya Tooth Bling Was Also Good for Oral Hygiene! Queen ...
ashley cowie - 01/02/2023 - 01:07
Archaeologists in southern India have made an amazing discovery, unearthing two temples dating back to the Badami Chalukya era. These 1,300-year-old temples, situated along the banks of the Krishna River near the village of Mudimanikyam in Telangana's Nalgonda district, exhibit remarkable preservation and are estimated to date from 543 to 750 AD.
Sahir - 27/02/2024 - 16:55
We have already survived numerous ‘end of days’ predictions, with the Mayan prophecy being the most recent, but the predictions of doom and gloom are not over yet. According to Norse mythology and Viking legend, the apocalypse is less than 100 days away.
aprilholloway - 21/11/2013 - 23:15
... ethno-botany, spent years researching and working with the Maya civilization in Guatemala and Mexico. But for the past ...
lizleafloor - 08/06/2018 - 02:02
... , the game began to feature sacrificial elements when the Maya took it over from the Toltecs. Archaeologists had mostly ...
Robin Whitlock - 24/05/2015 - 14:32
The two major Hindu epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, still appear widely in popular folk drama, tales and art all over Southeast Asia with slight adaptations in all the myriad cultures of the region. Scenes from the epics are illustrated in the relief sculptures of temples such as the Angkor Wat in Cambodia, the Rama temple in Malaysia, and mural painting in Vat Oup Moung, a Buddhist monastery in Vientiane, Laos.
MartiniF - 30/01/2017 - 15:58
Peter Schumer /The Conversation
The history of math is murky, predating any written records. When did humans first grasp the basic concept of a number? What about size and magnitude, or form and shape?
ancient-origins - 26/06/2018 - 02:04
... culture is believed to be very old and even predates the Maya and Olmecs. The culture is named after a site in Monte ...
Ed Whelan - 07/05/2019 - 13:58
... of Guerrero long before the time of the Aztecs , the Maya and the Olmecs. One of very few pictures of the ruins ...
Marco M. Vigato - 22/11/2019 - 23:31
... According to University of British Columbia geologist, Maya Kopylova, the chance discovery, which is detailed in a ...
ashley cowie - 21/03/2020 - 00:56
The history of the Indian sub-continent’s Bengal region dates back to ancient times. This long history includes India’s most famous epic stories including the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
Saurav Ranjan Datta - 20/07/2020 - 18:51
... Traitor or Hero? Treasures of Mexico: The Mixtec, Aztec & Maya Codices that Survived the Conquistadors What Really Lies ...
Ed Whelan - 12/10/2020 - 05:52
... it's normally followed up with a story about Aztec or Maya bodies and artifacts. This is because Mexico and Central ...
ashley cowie - 19/05/2022 - 01:44
... of mercury have been found at three other sites, two Maya and one Olmec, around Central America, but none in such ...
ancient-origins - 22/12/2015 - 14:53
Mexican natural structures are the topic of many legends and mythical stories connected with pre-Columbian tribes like the Aztecs and Mayas. Two of the many volcanoes in Mexico became the symbols of one of the most beautiful yet tragic love stories of this land.
Natalia Klimczak - 26/04/2016 - 14:50
The first English-language translation of the work of a Guatemalan master, this groundbreaking achievement of "ethnographic surrealism" promotes cross-cultural understanding. A liberating, avant-garde recreation of popular tales and characters from the Guatemalan collective unconscious—including, from the Mayan sacred text, the Popol Vuh—this book contains a riot of folklore, colonial resistance, animistic nature, and the unfolding drama of hybrid ethnic identity formation.
ancient-origins - 20/05/2016 - 17:33