Aztec people were a multi-ethnic people dominated by the Mexica people. Aztec people built great civilizations in which all people were given an education in a well ordered society.Read more about the Aztec People >> Aztec Calendar The Aztec Calendar was a sophisticated system & was split into...
But reptilian beings were not only important for the ancient inhabitants of Mesopotamia. No matter where we look, we will find similar depictions. Lizard-like creatures have been present in many cultures in ancient cultures, from Quetzalcoatl, Kukulkan, who were the Aztec and Mayan deities...
Click beetles are common in Egypt, and are named for the clicking sound they make when they jump. Click beetles were associated with Neith, the goddess of protection. Ancient Egyptian artifacts and carvings depict the click beetle. Although the symbolism is unclear, the beetle may have had some...
Dredging this cenote uncovered thousands of artifacts made of gold, jade and copper. Numerous human skeletons with sacrificial wounds littered the depths as well…La Iglesia StructureThe Wall of SkullsMore Cool Archeological StructuresTzompantli means “wall of skulls,” and this next attraction ...
A gold mask is among the thousands of ancient artifacts discovered at Sanxingdui in what is, today, in China's Sichuan province. Noemi Cassanelli/CNN The Chinese government has long promoted Sanxingdui as evidence of the country’s long, uninterrupted history — with the discoveries inc...
An analysis of ancient Aztec mtDNA from Tlatelolco: Pre-Columbian relations and the spread of Uto-Aztecan. Biomol. Archaeol. Genet. Approaches Past 2005, 32, 22–42. [Google Scholar] González-Oliver, A.; Márquez-Morfín, L.; Jiménez, J.C.; Torre-Blanco, A. Founding amerindian ...
These ancient structures were crafted out of bronze and Pentelic marble, and some were even gold plated. Restorations are still ongoing so don’t be surprised to find scaffolding still in place. Many of the original artifacts were relocated to the Acropolis Museum so this is worth a visit whi...
the rumoredSeven Cities of Gold, in a region known asCibola. The rumor of golden cities was easily believed since only 20 years had passed since Hernan Cortes’s victorious conquest of the Aztec Empire in Mexico, and less than 10 years since Francisco Pizarro had conquered the rich Inca Empi...
According to modern wisdom, humans evolved on Earth no earlier than two million years ago. Yet many of these artifacts were made long before then. How can this be? Could any of these anomalies have been the result of an advanced civilization once present on our planet?