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Regardless, all these accounts agree that the main character of the flood story is a man named Manu Vaivasvata. Like Noah, Manu is described as a virtuous individual. The Satapatha Brahmana has this to say about Manu: “There lived in ancient « Continue »
A new study suggests they were sacrificed and burned to re-enact the legend of the twin heroes who immolated themselves to be reborn as the sun and moon. “The axial location of the cremation pit that contained Burial PP7TT-01, on the « Continue »
One of the legends circulating amongst them was that of the Sierra de la Plata. Sierra de la Plata literally means ‘Mountain of Silver’, and is a legend about a city that was filled with a quantity of silver that was almost « Continue »
Photo byDavid Holt London Over 1,000 Mayan codices were discovered in the basement of a Los Angeles museum, presumably owned by Randolph Hunt and donated to the museum. Carbon dating has authenticated these sacred texts and professional photographs « Continue »
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 »