(THE CONVERSATION) – An extremely important 1-ton sculpture, sometimes referred to by archaeologists as an “Earth Monster” or Monument 9, was repatriated to Mexico from a private collection in ...
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Cortés at the last Maya island, the horse that became a god, and the fall of the final kingdom
After the Aztec conquest, Cortés marched south and passed through a Maya lake-city where a stranded Spanish horse was later remembered as a god—an eerie prelude to the final subjugation of the last ...
Celebrations of Día de los Muertos, which can be traced back to Mayan and Aztec times, have one thing in common - remembering and honoring the dead. Building an altar, often referred to as an ofrenda, ...
A roughly 3,400-year-old ball court in the mountains of southern Mexico has scored surprising insights into a game that later played a big role in Maya and Aztec societies. Excavations at a site ...
The middle world -- The roots -- The Olmec phase -- Enigmatic kingdoms -- The ancient Maya -- Dark age or golden? -- The Aztecs and their enemies -- Heaven or hell ...
Karl Taube has received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. An extremely important 1-ton sculpture, sometimes referred to by archaeologists as an “Earth Monster” or Monument 9, was ...
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