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A sacred mountain, water, and earthly power converged in Maya city of Nakum
A new study suggests the rulers of the Maya city of Nakum used water as a social control method. ... waterworks. Engineers in Nakum and other ancient Maya cities used construction projects to direct rainwater ... by residents. Water is indispensible to everyone, but to Maya areas plagued by drought for long periods, water may ...
Mark Miller - 10/04/2015 - 03:49
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Maya Drug Secrets Revealed in Ancient Plant Residues
... scientists have identified a non-tobacco plant in ancient Maya drug containers. The researchers say the plant residues suggest that the Maya found a way to make tobacco smoking “more ... psychoactive and non-psychoactive plants that the ancient Maya and other pre-Columbian societies smoked, chewed, or ...
Alicia McDermott - 16/01/2021 - 17:06
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Diplomacy by Spider Monkey? Maya Peace Offering Found at Teotihuacan
... originally been a gift of friendship from their rivals the Maya. At least this is what a study in the journal PNAS has concluded. Spider monkeys were indigenous to Maya territory but did not live in the region around ... about the relationship between the awesome and powerful Maya Empire of the early Classic Period (250 to 350 AD) and ...
Nathan Falde - 23/11/2022 - 13:53
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Calakmul: Ancient Mayan City of the Two Pyramids and Three Stones
... Mingren References anth507.tripod.com, 2018. The Lowland Maya Site of Calakmul. [Online] Available at: ... UNESCO, 2018. Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, ...
dhwty - 29/07/2018 - 22:54
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An Ancient Mayan Copernicus: Hieroglyphic Texts Reveal Mayans Made Major Discovery in Math, Astronomy
... but insisted it was based in numerology. "They [the Maya] knew it was wrong, but the numerology was more ...
ancient-origins - 17/08/2016 - 14:40
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Corn Dog Was on the Mayan Menu but Was Very Different to Today’s Handheld Snack
... was not only a question of food for the ancient Maya. Remains of a variety of species, including small dogs, large cats, and some turkeys, suggest the Maya domesticated animals as symbols of social and political ... was not only a question of food for the ancient Maya. Remains of a variety of species, including small dogs, ...
Alicia McDermott - 20/03/2018 - 21:57
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Chicanna: Enter the Maya House of the Serpent Mouth
... of fear you are filled with curiosity about what the Maya people used to do at this site. Chicanná is an ... the 1960s and belonged to the Classical period of the Maya civilization. Chicanná is notable for the architectural ... ‘Structure II’. Remembering the Future: How Ancient Maya Agronomists Changed the Modern World The Maya Codices: ...
dhwty - 12/11/2017 - 21:57
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Ancient Submerged Factory Reveals A Maya Salt Currency
The fine processing and standardization of salt in Maya society has convinced probably the most knowledgeable ... details about the salt making practices of the great Maya civilization during its Classic Period, which lasted ... that salt was a highly-prized commodity in Classic Period Maya civilization , and that those who knew how to process it ...
Nathan Falde - 23/03/2021 - 22:00
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Archaeologists Excavate Huge 1,500-Year-Old Palace in Maya City of Kabah
During excavations at the site of the Maya city of Kabah in southeastern Mexico, archaeologists ... residential area. During excavations at the site of the Maya city of Kabah in southeastern Mexico, archaeologists ... it shares with sixth century ruins from the Maya civilization found in the northern Guatemalan ...
Nathan Falde - 16/09/2023 - 14:52
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Trophy Skulls Provide New Clues In Explaining the Collapse of the Maya
... little-understood collapse of the once powerful Classic Maya civilization. Gabriel D. Wrobel / The Conversation Two ... little-understood collapse of the once powerful Classic Maya civilization. The defleshed and painted human skulls , ... with a warrior over a thousand years ago at Pacbitun, a Maya city. They likely represent gruesome symbols of military ...
ancient-origins - 11/06/2019 - 02:00
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Divers Find Hundreds of Ritual Offerings in Lake Sacred to the Maya
The civilization of the Maya is one of the most fascinating of the many that ... finds are offering new insights into the great Classical Maya era. The civilization of the Maya is one of the most fascinating of the many that ...
Ed Whelan - 11/02/2019 - 22:58
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Haunting Jade Mask and Inscribed Bones Unearthed In Guatemala
An ancient Maya tomb, dating back 1,700 years, has been uncovered at the ... the border of modern-day Mexico and Belize. An ancient Maya tomb, dating back 1,700 years, has been uncovered at the ... mask believed to have once adorned a previously unknown Maya king. Amongst other funerary offerings, mollusk shells ...
Sahir - 31/01/2024 - 13:44
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Turkeys Were Worshipped by the Ancient Maya
... But, did you know that over 2,000 years ago, the ancient Maya believed that turkeys were messengers of the gods? ... / Adobe Stock) The Importance of the Humble Turkey for the Maya The turkey we’ve become used to seeing on our table is ... feet and an ocellated tail with eyelike markings. How Many Maya Gods Were Worshipped? Hint: There Were Hundreds! ...
Cecilia Bogaard - 31/05/2022 - 01:58
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Wreck of Maya Slave Ship Found in Gulf of Mexico
... this vessel was involved in the enslavement of indigenous Maya people A shipwreck identified in the Gulf of Mexico has ... this vessel was involved in the enslavement of indigenous Maya people, during a bloody revolt known as the War of the ... as being “La Unión”, a steamship used to transport Maya slaves to Cuba. ( Helena Barba / INAH ) War of the ...
Ed Whelan - 18/09/2020 - 18:04
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Mayan Calendar Similar to Ancient Chinese: Early Contact?
... for ancient contact between the Old World and the New. Maya calendar, 20 days for each month (Credit: Calixta ... reflecting vigesimal orders of magnitude, in certain Maya dialects, and the words reflecting decimal orders of ...
ancient-origins - 08/09/2016 - 21:49
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Forgotten Voyagers: The Ancient Mexican Merchants Who Took to the Seas
The major seafaring group in Mexico were the Chontal Maya. They called themselves Putun. Much of what we know ... Cohen The major seafaring group in Mexico were the Chontal Maya. They called themselves Putun. Much of what we know ... myth, and mathematics first to the Yucatan and later the Maya lowlands and highland areas in Belize, Honduras, etc. ...
Clyde Winters - 12/08/2017 - 22:52
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Chichen Itza's Shadows: Unexpected Light Shed on Ancient Maya
... So, let’s have a look at Chichén Itzá , the great Maya city in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, a place we ... Chichén Itzá’s Shadows and the Equinox For the ancient Maya , the Kukulcán pyramid was representative of the ... partitioning of the world. The name of the deity is a Maya- Yucatec, translation from the name Quetzalcoatl in the ...
george fery - 21/02/2020 - 21:34
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Maya Snake King Dynasty Used Local Gods to Gain Authority in Rural Guatemala
... La Corona archaeological site show that Classic era Maya Snake Kings took advantage of local beliefs to dominate ... La Corona archaeological site show that Classic era Maya Snake Kings took advantage of local beliefs to dominate ... the political side of life in La Corona during the Classic Maya era. Royal throne effigy; Maya culture, Guatemala, ...
Alicia McDermott - 18/04/2018 - 22:48
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Commemorative Disc from 894 AD Maya Ball Game Found at Chichén Itzá
... carved in stone and featuring images of contestants in a Maya sporting event was recently unearthed at the Chichén ... carved in stone and featuring images of contestants in a Maya sporting event was recently unearthed at the Chichén ... is wearing a traditional outfit associated with an ancient Maya ball game known as pelota , the Spanish word for ...
Nathan Falde - 12/04/2023 - 14:14
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Maya Palace Emerges from Yucatan Jungle
... (INAH) have confirmed the finding of an impressive Maya palace in the Archaeological Zone of Kulubá, ... (INAH) have confirmed the finding of an impressive Maya palace in the Archaeological Zone of Kulubá, in ... together with four other buildings in the pre-Hispanic Maya city , which is regaining some of its former splendor ...
Alicia McDermott - 26/12/2019 - 18:57