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  1. A Rogue Archaeologist, Atlantis, and the Chac-Mool

    ... Chiapas and Yucatan , set out to explore Mexico and the Maya cities on the Yucatan Peninsula. The accomplished ... with his wife Alice made plans to visit a number of major Maya ruins.  Before they could go anywhere, an armed escort had to be arranged for protection against bandits, Maya rebels, and the Yucatecan Militia who were fighting a ...

    Cliff Dunning - 02/09/2017 - 19:02

  2. Maya Water Temple Complex discovered where ritual offerings were made to placate the Rain God

    Archaeologists have discovered that the Maya made offerings to Chaak, the rain god, at a newly ... of rainfall began unravelling the once great and powerful Maya civilization . At the Cara Blanca site in Belize, ... considered to be portals to the underworld or Xibalba. The Maya left countless offerings around the 25 pools of Cara ...

    aprilholloway - 28/01/2015 - 01:13

  3. Untold Suffering of the El Palmar Maya Ambassador Revealed

    ... Diplomat Had The Health Vs Wealth Problem El Palmar is a Maya plaza-compound in Mexico located near the borders of ... Riverside working at the El Palmar site where the Maya diplomat’s body was found. (Kenichiro Tsukamoto /  ... of a male skeleton in a small chamber. Unlike other elite Maya burials, this man was not buried with any jewelry or ...

    ashley cowie - 16/03/2021 - 21:57

  4. Long Lost Maya Kingdom Unearthed On Mexican Cattle Ranch

    ... colleagues have found the long-lost capital of an ancient Maya kingdom in the backyard of a Mexican cattle rancher. ... colleagues have found the long-lost capital of an ancient Maya kingdom in the backyard of a Mexican cattle rancher. ... the site in June 2018. Among their findings is a trove of Maya monuments, one of which has an important inscription ...

    ancient-origins - 12/03/2020 - 16:56

  5. Precise Teotihuacan Replicas Found With LiDAR at Maya City of Tikal

    High-tech scanning around the ancient Maya city of Tikal in northern Guatemala has revealed the ... millennium AD.  High-tech scanning around the ancient Maya city of Tikal in northern Guatemala has revealed the ... reached the height of its power at the same time as the Maya Civilization was flourishing. This was surprising, since ...

    Nathan Falde - 28/09/2021 - 22:56

  6. Ancient Mayan Altars, Sculpted Artwork Discovered in Guatemala

    ... like a seedling ceiba tree, which held importance to the Maya and today is the national tree of Guatemala. Maya God Itzamna: The Maya Book of the Dead. The Ceramic Codex, University of ...

    aprilholloway - 11/06/2014 - 03:53

  7. Pre-Maya hunters and farmers may have collaborated in building temples

    ... a ceremonial center beginning around 950 BC. The great Maya civilizations went on to do advanced architecture and ... to become sedentary and begin farming. Eventually, great Maya civilizations arose. A January 2015 archaeological paper ... Sciences ( PDF link ) based on research at Ceibal in the Maya lowlands states: A uniquely rich dataset obtained from ...

    Mark Miller - 26/03/2015 - 00:04

  8. Maya City Sunk in Lake Atitlán Explored By Underwater Archaeologists

    ... mapping, and photographing the remains of an ancient Maya city known as Samabaj, which is submerged 55 feet (16.7 ... result of these efforts. Oldest Royal Tomb of the Classic Maya Centipede Dynasty is Unearthed in Guatemala Maya Snake King Dynasty Used Local Gods to Gain Authority in ...

    Nathan Falde - 06/04/2022 - 14:39

  9. The Mystery of the Mayan Red Queen

    ... BY-SA 3.0 ) Mercuric oxide (cinnabar) was used by ancient Maya as a preservative in royal burials. Two weeks later, ... and ceramic bowls dating the burial to 600-700 AD. The Maya Codices: The Precious Remaining History of an Eradicated ... Teen Makes Stellar Discovery of Previously Unknown Maya City Tulum: Maya City of the Dawning Sun, a Caribbean ...

    lennie - 23/08/2017 - 19:02

  10. Archaeologists Uncover New Clues on the Collapse of the Maya Civilization

    ... set of radiocarbon dates ever obtained from a single Maya site, archaeologists have developed a precise ... set of radiocarbon dates ever obtained from a single Maya site, archaeologists have developed a precise ... long puzzled over what caused what is known as the Classic Maya collapse in the ninth century CE, when many of the ...

    ancient-origins - 25/01/2017 - 13:39

  11. The Ancient Maya Poisoned Tikal’s Drinking Water

    Reservoirs in the heart of an ancient Maya city were so polluted with mercury and algae that the ... reservoirs in Tikal Reservoirs in the heart of an ancient Maya city were so polluted with mercury and algae that the ... pollution in two central reservoirs in Tikal, an ancient Maya city that dates back to the third century BC in what is ...

    ancient-origins - 27/06/2020 - 17:00

  12. Discovery of Hidden Mayan Stela and Panels Give Hints to the Importance of History in the Preclassical Period

    ... Project who discovered the ‘end-date’ of the Maya calendar in 2012, have now discovered a Mayan stela ... role in the early history of the Classic lowland Maya” stated Tomás Barrientos, director of the Department ... looters, the stela itself was well preserved because the Maya had placed it in an enclosed shrine sometime after it ...

    Robin Whitlock - 23/07/2015 - 03:52

  13. Would You Dare to Visit an Ancient Maya Cave of Human Sacrifice? If So, Head to Belize

    ... AD. According to the Belize Audubon Society, the ancient Maya people believed that caves were home to gods who ... AD. According to the Belize Audubon Society, the ancient Maya people believed that caves were home to gods who controlled agriculture and rain. The Maya saw caves as portals to the underworld, referred to as ...

    Veronica Parkes - 23/07/2017 - 19:02

  14. 13th Century Maya Codex, Long Shrouded in Controversy, Proves Genuine

    ... and a team of leading researchers in anthropology and Maya archeology methodically verify the authenticity of the ... the Grolier,” the team wrote in its study “The Fourth Maya Codex.” The paper, published in the journal Maya Archaeology, fills a special section of the publication ...

    ancient-origins - 07/09/2016 - 21:44

  15. The Marvelous Mayan Zoomorph Monoliths of Quiriguá

    ... May Have Been Used as Psychological Warfare 2,000-Year-Old Maya Superhighway Discovered in the Jungle of Guatemala Laser Scans Reveal 60,000 Previously Unknown Maya Structures Hidden in Guatemalan Jungle! Stela D, north ... of Ometepe, Nicaragua Oldest Royal Tomb of the Classic Maya Centipede Dynasty is Unearthed in Guatemala A large ...

    dhwty - 21/02/2018 - 13:59

  16. The Ancient Maya Apparition Who Showed the Way to Xunantunich

    The ancient Maya civilization was one of the most remarkable of all the ... and temples are still being discovered.  The ancient Maya civilization was one of the most remarkable of all the ... Belize Xunantunich, located in an area that was dense with Maya settlement, was established in the Pre-Classical period ...

    Ed Whelan - 01/07/2019 - 01:50

  17. Balankanché Cavern: Underground World Tree Reveals Secrets of Sacred Maya Beliefs

    ... from floor to ceiling and very much resembling the ancient Maya conception of the World Tree (Wacah Chan). (CyArk/ CC BY ... SA 3.0 ) CyArk provides a concise explanation for why the Maya World Tree would be represented in such a place: “In ancient Maya belief systems, a cave is a sacred place. Caves offer a ...

    dhwty - 10/06/2017 - 19:01

  18. New research reveals clues into downfall of Maya civilization

    ... which corresponds to the time period in which the ancient Maya civilization collapsed. The researchers suggest that the drought contributed to the demise of the Maya. The Maya culture stretched across much of what is now southern ...

    aprilholloway - 30/12/2014 - 01:00

  19. Aluxes: The Mischievous Little People of Maya Mythology

    ... to these types of legends. In Mexico specifically, lives a Maya legend about “ little people ” that has been passed ... providing new offerings or even building them a home. If a Maya is traveling across the jungle, an Alux may stop him or ... their chaos - they are actually a source of luck for many Maya farmers and communities. Many farmers have proudly ...

    Lex Leigh - 01/04/2022 - 23:00

  20. The Mystery of the Lost Ancient Culture of the Maya – Part 2

    ... Afterlife? Many ancient alien theorists suggest that the Maya’s belief in gods was based on the visitation of aliens ... Afterlife? Many ancient alien theorists suggest that the Maya’s belief in gods was based on the visitation of aliens ... of the Haab calendar considered to be unlucky days and the Maya would avoid dangerous situations fearing death during ...

    davidcarr - 05/06/2014 - 02:58

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