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Guatemala’s Mayan-Inspired Time Capsule to Open in 2065
April 29, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Taking a page book out of the Mayan's Guatemala has launched a time capsule that will not be opened until 52 years from now. The marble time capsule will contain messages from leading thinkers in Guatemala to describe society today. continue reading »
Researchers Recreate Daily Life in Mayan City of Palenque
December 19, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican researchers have reconstructed the political, economic, religious and cultural life of the ancient Mayan capital of Palenque on the basis of inscriptions left behind by its governing caste, the National Institute of Anthropology and History, or INAH, said Wednesday. continue reading »
Mexican Exhibition Explores the Link Between Mayan Culture and Time
November 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A new Mayan exhibit at the Mexican capital's National Museum of Anthropology shows the influence of time on the rituals and daily life of that pre-Columbian civilization. continue reading »
Vice President of Bolivia Marries in Traditional Indian Ceremony at Temples of Tiahuanaco
September 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera and journalist Claudia Fernandez married one another in an unannounced ceremony that included indigenous rites at an open-air temple in the pre-Columbian citadel of Tiahuanaco held prior to the Catholic and civil ceremonies on Sunday. continue reading »
N. Carolina Firm Sells “Luna Disc” Made by Maya Women in Guatemala
July 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A company in North Carolina that sells products handmade by Mayan women in Guatemala uses part of its revenues to aid indigenous families in the region. Charlotte-based PhD Productions LLC launched a colorful, 100-percent-cotton flying disc made by 400 Mayan women at a weavers' cooperative in Guatemala's Panajachel region. continue reading »
Archaeologists Working in Guatemala Find 1,300 Year Old Reference to “Apocalypse Date” 2012
June 29, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Archaeologists working at the site of La Corona in Guatemala have discovered a 1,300-year-old-year Maya text that provides only the second known reference to the so-called “end date” of the Maya calendar, December 21, 2012. continue reading »
Apocalypse is a Judeo-Christian Tradition, Mayans Foresaw the World Continuing for Millennia
June 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The ancient Mayans not only did not predict the end of the world in December 2012, but they expected the world to continue for thousands of years, Mexican epigraphist Erik Velasquez said. continue reading »
Maya 2012 Exhibit at Penn Museum to be Inaugurated by Honduran President Sosa
April 17, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Did the Maya believe the world would end in December 2012? continue reading »
Experts Say Mayans Had Their Own Musical Scale
December 13, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Mayans had a musical scale very different from the western one, according to experts who examined and played 125 instruments recovered from Mayan sites, Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History, or INAH, said. continue reading »
German Scientists on a Quest for Mayan Gold Treasure in Guatemala
March 9, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A German expert believes he has cracked an ancient code, which will lead his expedition to $290 million in lost gold! continue reading »
