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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 »
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 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 »
Photo byArian ZwegersArchaeologists have been exploring the ancient Mayan city of El Pilar in Belize for years, but only recently did they discover an unusual addition to the city: a citadel with a structure unlike that of other Mayan sites. The « Continue »
Photo byarcher10 (Dennis) REPOSTINGI envision the city as it was 1200 years ago, bustling with activity as the Belize Valley region’s top Maya civic ceremonial center. I try to see the city, not just as ancient archaeological relics from some « Continue »
Photo byxicana_mommaMap showing the Lake Youta river system, full version at Map of California showing Lake Youta and the Anahuac Mountains, full version at 1847 Disturnell Map, full view. Maps showing the “Aztec Homeland”* From “In « Continue »
Main temple in Xunantunich, a Maya site in Belize (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Many people view Mayan culture as being restricted to Mexico, but in centuries past Mayan cities were spread throughout what is now Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, « Continue »
Chicomoztoc, the place of the seven caves. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Aztlán is the legendary land from which the Mexica, or Aztec people, believed they had migrated. The name “Aztlán” means “the place of whiteness” or “the place of the heron.” « Continue »