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Are The Aztec Crystal Skulls Real Or Fake?

Aztec crystal skull

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Are The Aztec Crystal Skulls Real Or Fake?

Aztec crystal skull

Are The Aztec Crystal Skulls Real Or Fake?

February 3, 2023

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Murdered Maya Woman's Remains Suggest Elite Females May Have Been Warriors

Maya woman warrior

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Murdered Maya Woman's Remains Suggest Elite Females May Have Been Warriors

Maya woman warrior

Murdered Maya Woman's Remains Suggest Elite Females May Have Been Warriors

January 31, 2023

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Ancient Maya Structures Were Aligned To A Mysterious 260-Day Calendar

3D image of the site of Aguada Fenix in Central America based on LiDAR.

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Ancient Maya Structures Were Aligned To A Mysterious 260-Day Calendar

3D image of the site of Aguada Fenix in Central America based on LiDAR.

Ancient Maya Structures Were Aligned To A Mysterious 260-Day Calendar

January 6, 2023

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Enormous Maya Civilization Discovered, Complete With Roads, Reservoirs, And Ballcourts

964 interconnected Maya settlements discovered in Guatemala

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Enormous Maya Civilization Discovered, Complete With Roads, Reservoirs, And Ballcourts

964 interconnected Maya settlements discovered in Guatemala

Enormous Maya Civilization Discovered, Complete With Roads, Reservoirs, And Ballcourts

December 23, 2022

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Sacrificial Chilli-Eating Monkey Found At Teotihuacán Was Gift From The Maya

Spider monkey Maya Teotihuacán

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Sacrificial Chilli-Eating Monkey Found At Teotihuacán Was Gift From The Maya

Spider monkey Maya Teotihuacán

Sacrificial Chilli-Eating Monkey Found At Teotihuacán Was Gift From The Maya

November 21, 2022

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Midnight Terror Cave Child Sacrifices: What, Where, When, How, And Why?

Bas-relief carving with human skulls on Tzompantli (Wall of Skulls), Skull Rack Temple, pre-Columbian Maya civilization, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico

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Midnight Terror Cave Child Sacrifices: What, Where, When, How, And Why?

Bas-relief carving with human skulls on Tzompantli (Wall of Skulls), Skull Rack Temple, pre-Columbian Maya civilization, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico

Midnight Terror Cave Child Sacrifices: What, Where, When, How, And Why?

October 13, 2022

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Long-Lost Sunken Town Shows How The Maya Civilization Ran On Salt

Three archeologists stand in water holding a wooden Maya structure in Belize

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Long-Lost Sunken Town Shows How The Maya Civilization Ran On Salt

Three archeologists stand in water holding a wooden Maya structure in Belize

Long-Lost Sunken Town Shows How The Maya Civilization Ran On Salt

October 10, 2022

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Cacao Was Consumed By All Ancient Maya, Not Just The Elites

Ancient Maya cacao

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Cacao Was Consumed By All Ancient Maya, Not Just The Elites

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Cacao Was Consumed By All Ancient Maya, Not Just The Elites

September 27, 2022

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Sacred Ancient Maya Cacao Groves Rediscovered After Centuries Of Searching

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Sacred Ancient Maya Cacao Groves Rediscovered After Centuries Of Searching

Sacred Ancient Maya Cacao Groves Rediscovered After Centuries Of Searching

February 1, 2022

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Poop Reveals The Story Of Troubled Ancient Maya Population

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Poop Reveals The Story Of Troubled Ancient Maya Population

Poop Reveals The Story Of Troubled Ancient Maya Population

July 12, 2021

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The Oldest And Largest Maya Ceremonial Structure Ever Discovered Has Been Revealed

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The Oldest And Largest Maya Ceremonial Structure Ever Discovered Has Been Revealed

The Oldest And Largest Maya Ceremonial Structure Ever Discovered Has Been Revealed

June 3, 2020

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Lasers Reveal Secrets Of An Ancient Maya Highway And A Powerful Warrior Queen's Empire

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Lasers Reveal Secrets Of An Ancient Maya Highway And A Powerful Warrior Queen's Empire

Lasers Reveal Secrets Of An Ancient Maya Highway And A Powerful Warrior Queen's Empire

February 28, 2020

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Dismembered, Beheaded Human Remains Were Likely 7th-Century Mayan Prisoners

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Dismembered, Beheaded Human Remains Were Likely 7th-Century Mayan Prisoners

Dismembered, Beheaded Human Remains Were Likely 7th-Century Mayan Prisoners

December 12, 2019

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Ancient Maya May Have Been Contributing To Climate Change Thousands Of Years Ago

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Ancient Maya May Have Been Contributing To Climate Change Thousands Of Years Ago

Ancient Maya May Have Been Contributing To Climate Change Thousands Of Years Ago

October 7, 2019

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Trophies Made Of Vanquished Enemy Skulls Highlight The Collapse Of The Maya Civilization

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Trophies Made Of Vanquished Enemy Skulls Highlight The Collapse Of The Maya Civilization

Trophies Made Of Vanquished Enemy Skulls Highlight The Collapse Of The Maya Civilization

June 12, 2019

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Meet Simon And Garfunkel: Rare Two-Headed Gecko Doing Well At 1 Month Old, Even If "The Left Head Is A Bit More Grumpy"

A two headed gecko in two photos showing off the heads.

Meet Simon And Garfunkel: Rare Two-Headed Gecko Doing Well At 1 Month Old, Even If "The Left Head Is A Bit More Grumpy"

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Footprints On A 1.43-Million-Year-Old Shoreline Have Anthropologists Questioning If We’ve Underestimated Early Hominin’s Size

This 1.43-million-year-old hominin footprint from Koobi Fora, Kenya is either from a H. erectus with surprisingly splayed toes, or a giant Paranthropus

Footprints On A 1.43-Million-Year-Old Shoreline Have Anthropologists Questioning If We’ve Underestimated Early Hominin’s Size

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Newly Discovered Exoplanet Is The Faintest Ever Directly Imaged From Earth – And Has A Whopping 91-Year Orbit

A grainy image show a bright round source a and a much fainter fuzzy one on the opposite side of a covered star

Newly Discovered Exoplanet Is The Faintest Ever Directly Imaged From Earth – And Has A Whopping 91-Year Orbit

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Falcon 9 Rocket Stage "Abandoned" In High-Earth Orbit Is About To Slam Into The Moon, With The Energy Of 11.8 Gigajoules

A topographical map of the Einstein crater on the Moon. Circles around a central impact crater.

Falcon 9 Rocket Stage "Abandoned" In High-Earth Orbit Is About To Slam Into The Moon, With The Energy Of 11.8 Gigajoules

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For Almost 1,500 Years, The Ancestors Of Modern-Day Native Americans Kept Coming Back To This Sacred Cave To Paint In Complete Darkness

Picture Cave rock art

For Almost 1,500 Years, The Ancestors Of Modern-Day Native Americans Kept Coming Back To This Sacred Cave To Paint In Complete Darkness

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The USSR Had Nuclear-Powered Lighthouses Lining Its Arctic Coast, And They Became As Big A Problem As You Can Imagine

Mist and seabirds hang over the Aniva lighthouse in the North Pacific Ocean near Sakhalin, Russia.

The USSR Had Nuclear-Powered Lighthouses Lining Its Arctic Coast, And They Became As Big A Problem As You Can Imagine

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