Kukulkan is afeathered snake deityin the Mayan religion. The pyramid is guarded by enormous carved serpent heads at the base of the stairs. The Mesoamerican fascination with stars and planets mean the pyramid’s four stairways represent the four points of a compass. There are 365 steps too, ...
How did people interact with animals in the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras? The Stone Age: What we roughly characterize as the Stone Age can be divided into two distinct periods: the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) and Neolithic (New Stone Age). While Paleolithic people were nomadic hunte...
deaths (defunciones) and marriages (matrimonios). Known asRegistro Civil, these civil records are an excellent source of names, dates and vital events for a large percentage of the population living in Mexico since 1859. The records are not complete, however, as people did not always comply...