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Mysterious altar found in ancient Mayan city contains bodies – and wasn’t made by the Maya
Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and ...
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Archaeologists Unearth Intricately Decorated Altar That May Have Been Used for Ancient Sacrifices in Guatemala
Discovered in the ruins of Tikal, the altar sheds light on strained relations between the Maya city and Teotihuacán—which was located more than 600 miles away ...
Archaeologists Found a Smoking Gun Behind the End of the Maya Kingdom’s Reign
The discovery at the Maya site of Ucanal in Guatemala “marked a public dismantling of an old regime”—a rather pivotal moment ...
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Bodies found in ancient Mayan City: What a mysterious altar reveals about the culture from 1,700 years ago
Little by little researchers are unraveling the mysteries of the Maya culture ... day Guatemala has put another piece in the puzzle revealing a turbulent period of time of the ancient Maya city ...
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Mysterious altar found in ancient Mayan city contains bodies – and wasn’t made by the Maya
Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed ... Despite finding the altar in Tikal, a ruined Mayan city situated in modern Guatemala, archaeologists believe it wasn’t ...
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Child remains found at ancient sacrifice altar hidden in national park
has been unearthed in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the centre of Mayan civilisation, shedding new light on the interactions between the two ancient cultures. The discovery, announced by ...
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Romance and revolution mix in Winckler’s encounter with Guatemalan guerrilla leader
Terry Winckler’s memoir, “A Voice Came Down the Mountain,” features a young female guerrilla leader in Guatemala. (Paul McHugh via Bay City News) Her leadership took place during a period of violent ...