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Photo byInternet Archive Book ImagesHow did the world begin? The Aztec creation story has its own answer – or you could say, answers, to that question. Basic components of the story had evolved over centuries and centuries, so we do see « Continue »
Photo byFæIn 2005, Argentina’s indigenous population numbered about 600,329; this figure includes 457,363 people who self-identified as belonging to an indigenous ethnic group and 142,966 who identified themselves as first-generation « Continue »
Each lord had in his house a chapel with composer-singers of dances and songs, and these were thought to be ingenious in knowing how to compose the songs in their manner of meter and the couplets that they had. Ordinarily they sang and danced in the « Continue »
Photo byarcher10 (Dennis) REPOSTINGMost people today are familiar with the Aztec empire. The Mexica people were at the heart of the empire, but there were many other cultures that formed the civilization that the Spanish were to discover. If we use « Continue »
Marilu Waybourn’s new book, “Aztec Through the Years,” is seen as the author answers questions from fourth graders from Park Avenue Elementary School on Thursday at the Aztec Visitor Center. FARMINGTON – Over the course of two « Continue »
Photo byArian ZwegersMany centuries ago on the border of Belize and Guatemala, Maya people built a large city surrounded by a cultivated jungle garden that was home to around 20,000 people, which archaeologists call El Pilar. Using LiDAR laser « Continue »
Photo byglasseyes viewPrior to the coming of Christianity to Mesoamerica, its peoples also had their own creation myths, the most significant that we know of today being the Popol Vuh. The Popol Vuh is the corpus of mythological and historical « Continue »
Photo byguillenperezThe prevailing theory among archaeologists holds that prehistoric people settled down as they began to grow crops and manage livestock and then built progressively more advanced civilizations with permanent homes and large « Continue »
The site of JOYA by Cirque du Soleil – launched late last year by Grupo Vidanta and already one of Mexico’s fastest growing tourist attractions – served as the backdrop for Mexico’s government leaders to share their vision for « Continue »
The Olmec, Mayan, Incan, and Aztec civilizations are some of the greatest ancient civilizations in history, and yet we know very little about them compared to other parts of the world. Their exact relationship with the Olmecs remains unclear. So the « Continue »