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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 credit: Wikipedia) There are several theories as to exactly how Emperor Montezuma died. After the guests he welcomed as gods betrayed the Aztec people, it’s uncertain if the emperor was killed by his own people or by the Spaniards. And « Continue »
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Mayan calendar is well-known due to the doomsday theories surrounding it, but did you know that the Mayan calendar is unique historically? The Mayans were the first known people to measure time from a mythological « Continue »
(Photo credit: The British Library) The Getty Research Institute announced last week the acquisition of an album comprising 45 photographs of Mayan sites and one photograph of the iconic Aztec calendar stone. These rare photographs were taken in « Continue »