Beautifully illustrated throughout, this English translation of Désiré Charnay's record of his travels among the ancient cities of Mexico and Central America was first published in 1887. Born in France, Charnay (1828–1915) travelled extensively through commissions from the French government and ...
An Ancient Civilization() in Central America We may know that the May a (雅人) built their own civilization deep in the forest. But scientists found in May that it was far more developed than we had thought.Scientists found 417 May a cities with a history of more than2,000 years. These...
An artist rendering shows a reconstruction of what would have been ancient Maya cities nestled in the area known as the Mirador-Calakmul Karst Basin (MCKB) of northern Guatemala and southern Campeche, Mexico, after a study using LiDAR laser technology by seven foundations and organisati...
The Maya metropolis of Tikal was once one of the greatest cities in the world, and today it has become one of the most visited Maya sites. Drawing upon more than thirty years of excavation and research, Peter D. Harrison gives a vivid ac... PD Harrison - 《Latin American Antiquity》 被...
【题目】 T h e ancient city of Chichen Itz a in s outhern Merico was on e of th e most powerful cities an d on e of th e most powerful ancient c ultures - th e Maya. But today, no on e lires there. It is only a group of ol d buildings. Ho wever, peopl e from aroun...
【题目】阅读The ancient city of Chichen Itzd in southern Mexico was one of the most powerful cities and one of the most powerful ancient cultures -the Maya. But today, no one lives there. It is only a group of old buildings. However, people from around the world still come to see it...
The fastest sport on two wheels thrilled fans in packed arenas across Roman lands, while the elite condemned—and exploited—the passions of the crowd.
The ancient city of Chichen Itza in southern Mexico was one of the most powerful cities and one of the most powerful ancient cultures-the Maya. But today, no one lives there. It is only a group of old buildings. However, people from around the world still come to see it. People come...
Lasers revealed a large settlement—rivaling even Mayan societies in complexity—that had been hidden for centuries.
The first ancient societies arose in Mesopotamia and Egypt in the Middle East, in the Indus valley region of what are now Pakistan and India, in the Huang He (Yellow River) valley of China, on the island of Crete in the Aegean Sea, and in Central America. All these civilizations had ce...