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Photo by ohhenry415 My husband, Paul, and I sat near the bow of the skiff, soaking in the sun and the view as we zipped across Lake Atitlán, in Guatemala’s highlands. The Maya managed to preserve some of their culture, particularly in « Continue »
Photo by Comefilm During the dry part of the year, Mexcaltitán looks like any other island off the coast of Mexico, save for its unusual shape. Mexcaltitán is known as ‘Mexican Venice’, and some believe that it was the original Aztlan, birthplace « Continue »
Photo by Xuan Che In May 2013 an “Exceptional” decision by MPs authorised the experts to analyse the materials used in the Codex in an attempt to date it. Some of these documents – such as the Florentine Codex begun in 1547 under « Continue »
Photo by Xuan Che In The Rise of the Aztecs Part II, they had made it to their swampy little island, relatively safe under the stern gaze of the Mexican Valley’s masters, the Tepanecs. Not allowed to campaign on their own, they still thrived, « Continue »
Photo by TausP. We traveled to Tikal on a day tour from Belize and had already visited some of Belize’s Mayan ruins. To the east is Tikal Temple I, the Temple of the Great Jaguar, which was built for the king and completed by his son. To the « Continue »
Photo by joiseyshowaa Considered the most beautiful of the Mayan ruins, Tulum is imprinted on a visitor’s mind as no other city from Mexico’s Indigenous past. Tulum, like the Mayan city ruins of Cobá, El-Bekem and Chichén « Continue »
Photo by Internet Archive Book Images To understand how children fit into the Aztec culture, and how they were honored, we should go right back to the beginning even before the children were born. The evidence points that Aztec parents loved « Continue »
Source: artnetnewsThe facade at Lagunita, a recently discovered ancient Mayan city. Two ancient Mayan cities featuring ball courts, pyramid, plazas, and, in one case, a spectacular entrance shaped like the open jaws of a monster, have been discovered « Continue »
Photo by AlphaTangoBravo / Adam Baker BYU researchers have dug up new evidence from an ancient Maya city that may help solve the mystery of just how many people lived in the civilization. Using soil chemistry, combined with advanced remote sensing « Continue »
Photo by archer10 (Dennis) “The interpretation is so powerful and impressive and it takes hold of the field as a whole,” said the UC Santa Barbara professor of anthropology and of Chicana and Chicano studies who is also a specialist in « Continue »