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Discover the mysterious Maya queen's skeleton
Archaeologists have discovered a skeleton believed to be a mysterious Mayan queen remains deep in Guatemala's jungle.
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Uncover the mysterious pyramid construction in just 1 night
According to ancient Mayan legend, a god named Itzamna built this pyramid in just one night.
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Cocoa has been used as a currency for hundreds of years
David Freidel, an anthropologist at Washington University, Missouri, thinks that Maya civilization does not use money, either dong or paper money.
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The underworld and continually sacrificed 'cold' Mayan people
Scientists were very surprised to discover a beautiful underground water lake called
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What do ancient people do to bring souls to the afterlife?
The ancients have performed various funeral customs in order to safely send the soul of the deceased to the afterlife.
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Mysterious ancient civilizations unknown
Besides the famous civilizations of the modern world such as Egypt, Maya ..., in the history of humanity there are many other mysterious civilizations that have been for…
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7 very worldly ritual sacrifices of living people
Many ancient cultures considered it
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Inside the Mayan goddess cave
In the cave filled with bones of adults and young children are believed to be victims of Mayan divine sacrifices.
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How to execute the feared enemies of the Mayans
Researchers from the University of Bonn point out, the ancient Mayans executed their enemies by cutting their heads, cutting their hands and feet and burying them all.
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Pok-a-tok: The terrible Mayan ball sacrifice game
Football is always a king sport that captivates millions of hearts in the world. Before the football matches like today, the ancient Mayans also held similar football ma…
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See how the Mayan color is painted
Ancient Mayans decorated the walls of palaces, temples, handwritten manuscripts, painted ceramics and painted dead bodies before burying the sacred wells with a color bl…
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The Maya predicted the solar eclipse before 8 centuries
Recent research shows that ancient Mayans could accurately predict astronomical events that took place centuries later.
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What do astronauts eat when they're on Mars for nearly 3 years?
At the end of a labyrinth-like passage leading into the depths of the building from the 1960s is a group of scientists wearing white shirts churning, mixing, counting, a…
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The answer to the development of the ancient Maya empire
In the country of Guatemala today, every year, the entire Tikal city area of the ancient Mayan people suffered from droughts, without a single drop of rain within 4 mo…
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Mayan civilization may have been destroyed by drought
Previously, scholars believed that a serious drought could have killed the ancient Maya culture that was famous for mastering language, mathematics and astronomy. Howeve…