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The period after the second collapse of the Maya Empire (900 CE–1600 CE) is called the Postclassic period. The center of power shifted from the central lowlands to the northern peninsula as populations most likely searched for reliable water resources, along with greater social stability. The ...
In this post, we will observe the three great periods of the course of Maya history, which are: Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic. There has also been much discussion on the “disappearance” of the Mayas, but this is an error, as what disappeared was their liberty and the great cul...
trance dancing, bloodletting and outrageous behaviors, it was the subtext of these performances and their repetition that ramped up and over time cemented the Maya’s ideological beliefs. Because
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$450 million Hong Kong Palace Museum opens with trove of Forbidden City treasures - "Beijing's Palace Museum, located in the heart of the Forbidden City, contains the world's largest collection of Chinese art, spanning nearly 5,000 years of history. Now, more than 900 of those treasures ar...
Another excellent museum near the Museum of Anthropology can be found in Castillo de Chapultepec. You can read about my visit to the National Museum of History insideHERE. The Museum’s entrance hall contains a space for temporary exhibits, but there’s so much to see in the permanent collect...
We touch briefly on the history of Hops, which like its illustrious… The Future is Nuts! Episode 162: Is the future nuts? According to our guest Michael Judd, it definitely is, but in a good way! In this fun and informative interview, Michael shares his vision of a bountiful and food...
It was a great addition at the end of visiting Guatemala as it is also rich in Mayan history. Belize was once part of the extensive Maya civilization. The Maya built extensive cities that had developed advanced knowledge in mathematics, astronomy, and architecture. The Spanish arrived in the ...
“Advances in the decipherment of Maya script have revealed the central function of mirrors as instruments for ritual scrying. This ritual scrying was the continuation of an ancient divinatory tradition with its ultimate origins in Pre-Classic shamanistic practices that had been formalized by the ...