But he's written a wonderful story, telling how he happened to come across the ancient manuscripts in the tomb of some old Indian whose mummy he unearthed on a trip to Central America. View in context These devoted men set off at once; and the railroad, which will soon cross the whole...
From complex ancient cities to intricate stone carvings on hieroglyphic temple stairways, the legacy of the ancient civilization of the Maya people spills from the jungle acrossCentral America. Visiting the ruins of Mayan temples is one of the top reasons to visit this fascinating string of tropica...
Earlier, in 1935, archaeologists unearthed a Celtic burial mound outside Kasendorf, Germany and found an earthenware amphora that contained the remnants of beer from 800 BCE! Even more specifically, it was determined that the concoction was a black wheat ale flavored with oak leaves according to...
Their long black hair, gathered behind the neck, was decorated with disks of native copper, or gay pendants made in France, and now occasionally unearthed in numbers from their graves. The men, in summer, were nearly naked,–those of a kindred tribe wholly so, with the sole exception of ...
Ahmad explained the many ways to get to Petra’s ruins: by foot, golfcart, donkey, horse, or camel. But the only road that takes us there–courtesy of George Lucas, who paved the way for a dramatic scene from Steven Spielberg’sIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade–runs through a narrow...
The partially restored mosaic map of the Holy Land originates from the 6th century, and was excavated in 1884 when the current church was built atop the ruins of the original Byzantine church. Over 2 million tiles comprise a detailed rendering of the Middle East with surprising detail and accu...
Phillips immediately stopped excavations at the Qatbanian city of Timna in British-ruled territory, where his team had been working for two seasons. Here, they had uncovered parts of the city and a nearby graveyard and in the process unearthed a great number of inscriptions, statues and other ...
Chinese temples in an excellent condition of preservation have been unearthed in the State of Sonora, in Mexico. Large stone tablets have been found in the ruins covered with ancient Chinese writings, which have been partly deciphered by an Oriental expert employed by the Mexican Government. The...
lonely planet旅行指南系列lp英文版central-america-honduras_v1.pdf,© Lonely Planet Publications 328 l o n e l y p l a n e t . H O N D U R A S • • C u r r e n t E v e n t s 329 Ever since Columbus cast his eyes board and spotted the lush tropical s
In a 2005 Baylor University survey, Dendle unearthed a curious discovery: almost half of those queried thought cryptids such as Bigfoot would one day be discovered (Dendle 2013). Contrary to the expectation that technological advancements would silence monster lore, belief in these enigmatic beings ...