Cinnabar was used to paint human bones, as tattoo dye, as makeup, and to decorate buildings and ceramics. In the Middle Ages, it was even used as ink. "Cinnabar was used in cosmetics as rouge in many cultures, from the Near East to the Olmec culture [an ancient Mesoamerican ...
The Maya integrated this condiment into many of their dishes and today it has become popularized worldwide. Another Mesoamerican invention that has become internationally available in modern times is the corn tortilla. This was a staple of the Maya diet as it used their most widely grown staple ...
with the common thread being a focus on the study of physical materials. Archaeology aims to determine what a given object was, when it came into being, how it was used, and what purpose or effects it had.The goal of archaeology is to develop a comprehensive and inclusive understanding...
The pandemic of 1918 influenza was the most severe pandemic in recent history. It was caused by the virus H1N1 with genes of avian origin. There is no universal consensus regarding where the virus actually originated, it spread worldwide during 1918 to 1919. In the United States, it was ide...
s full moon was 11 days earlier (or 18 days later) than the last year’s. Before the unveiling of the Julian calendar in 45 BC (more on that later) nearly all cultures on the planet used a calendar based on the cycles of the moon. (The Mesoamericans are a notable exception, and ...
The Mayan calendar is a window into an ancient world, one that Western authorities long and mistakenly believed was a primitive and barbaric place. Instead, as investigations into early Mesoamerican culture have continued, archeologists and anthropologists continue to turn up evidence of highly advanced...