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Maya site from the Uaxactn region in Guatemala. Illustration: depositphotos.com

When the drought didn't appear: Lake sediments in Guatemala challenge the accepted explanation for the collapse of Maya civilization

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A stone disc depicting Tlaltecuhtli, the Aztec earth god, in the pre-Hispanic city of Tenochtitlan, Mexico. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The collapse of the Aztec Empire shows why rule by force and force does not last

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Accumulating hostility, lack of alliances, and Cortes' exploitation of rivals turned a powerful empire into a vulnerable one; the article offers a cautionary lesson for a foreign policy based on coercion and fear
Ruins of the Palenque temple created by the Mayan culture in Mexico. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Ancient DNA reveals secrets of the rise and fall of the Classic Maya

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Researchers from Trinity University in Ireland have succeeded in reconstructing the genome of the Mayans from Copan, Honduras, and have discovered surprising genetic connections with central Mexico — a finding that indicates migration processes, cultural influences, and demographic changes during the Mesoamerica period.
Illustration of the altar. Credit: Heather Hurst

Rewriting Mayan history: Archaeologists uncover hidden altar at Tikal

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1,600-year-old altar reveals Teotihuacan rule in central Maya city
The remains of the "wall of skulls" in the Mayan temple at Chichen Itza in Mexico. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Genetic research reveals new details about the sacrifice of human sacrifices and in particular babies among the Maya

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Ancient Mayan genomes reveal the practice of sacrificing male twins hundreds of years before Spanish settlement. In the genetic research, two pairs of male identical twins were found, which corresponds to the stories
A steam bulldozer at work, 1905-1914.

Building the Panama Canal - between history and engineering and a bit about disease eradication

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The idea of ​​connecting the Pacific and Atlantic oceans has been brewing in people's minds for a long time (as far back as the 16th century), but the appropriate technologies only started to mature at the end of the nineteenth century
Machu Picchu. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Who lives in Machu Picchu? DNA analysis shows surprising diversity in the ancient Inca palace

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People from all over the empire that ruled South America until the arrival of the Spanish came to the temple at Machu Picchu for a kind of life dedicated to the Inca religion
The smallpox epidemic arrived in Mexico by the Spanish expedition led by Papino de Narvaez and spread throughout the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in the late 16s. Photo: shutterstock

How the modern world was shaped by plagues 500 years ago

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Epidemics of virgin soil - ones that the local inhabitants had not yet encountered - wiped out most of the native populations in America. The lack of local labor made it necessary to import slaves. This established the supremacy of Europe. It's possible
One of the figurines from an unknown pre-Columbian culture from Puerto Rico. Photo: Haifa University

Israeli researchers have helped to date figurines from an ancient and unknown culture in Central America

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A Mayan pyramid in the heart of a rain forest in Guatemala. Photo: shutterstock

The Story of the Storm God / Zak Zurich

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The Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon in the Teotihuacan Valley in Mexico. Photo: shutterstock

The God of Blood and Stone / Eric Vines

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A model of Christopher Columbus in his cabin on a ship, in the Caravel Museum in Spain. Photo: shutterstock

Maritime archaeologist: I discovered the remains of Columbus' flagship "Santa Maria" off the coast of Haiti

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A carved wooden doorframe in the ancient Mayan city of Tikal in Guatemala, bearing inscriptions and a dedication with a specific date in the Mayan calendar. Photo: Museum der K

The long-term Maya calendar was calibrated to the modern calendar with the help of carbon 14 dating

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Prof. David Stewart from the University of Austin in Texas and his staff at the Mayan excavations in Guatemala. Photo: University of Texas

Mayan culture expert: The pottery discovered this year that referred to 2012 was not prophetic

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How to prepare for the end of the world

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The archaeological site Tak'alik Ab'aj where ancient finds of the ruler of the Mayan tribe were found. From Wikipedia

The oldest burial site of a Mayan ruler has been discovered

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The Great Pyramid at Chichen Itzat in Mexico on the Vernal Equinox. From Wikipedia

Today is the first day of spring

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Not the end of the world 2012: there is no reason for hysteria

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Potosi. From Wikipedia

A Mountain of Money: On Indians, Sheep, and Inflation

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Survivors of the earthquake in Haiti, January 13, 2010. Photo: user canadianecross on the Flickr website

the sciences of the past

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Prof. Eyal Zisser. Photo: Michal Rosh Ben Ami

Professor Eyal Zisser was elected Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at Tel Aviv University

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The members of the Nazca culture who painted the giant paintings on the plains, visible only from the air, became extinct because of a plant

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The fall of the Mayan culture - "They did it to themselves"

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The Incas sacrificed their children

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A model of Christopher Columbus in his cabin on a ship, in the Caravel Museum in Spain. Photo: shutterstock

Was the discoverer of America an evil and cruel tyrant?

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There is no longer any dispute: the Aztecs and the Maya sacrificed human beings - and brutally

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Who really discovered America?

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The Forgotten Logs of the Spanish Captain Cook

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1,200 years later, the "Supreme War Leader" is here again

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King Thach Chan's Diplomatic Ball Game But

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The Aztecs - from the spear of the sun to broken spears

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The cover of the book Guns, Bacteria and Steel published by Am Oved 2003

New book: Guns, germs and steel

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2,600 years ago the Maya were already churning chocolate

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The diseases of the conquerors hit the natives, but not only them

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Hieroglyphs reveal the struggles that preceded the fall of the Mayan civilization

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Evidence of the existence of cannibalism was discovered in the 12th century

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