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Rolfe Schell at the gates of Tulum Reviewed by Anthony Wright
"The great landscapes all belong to a tomorrow we have already lived." Fernando Pessoa, Livro do Desassossego I collect old...
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Cenote daydreams, Yucatan, Mexico Wendy Devlin
Recollections of stunning ruins, fantastic snorkelling, exquisite food and friendly people. The Yucatan is unlike any other re...
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The Books of Chilam Balam - part two Ronald A. Barnett
The Yucatecan Books of Chilam Balam, which comprise the Chumayel, Tizimin, Mani and others, are notoriously difficult to trans...
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Primary sources of Maya history - part two Ronald A. Barnett
Four major cultural areas provide us with the most extensive documentation in Mesoamerica: the Valley of Mexico (Aztec), North...
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The Books Of Chilam Balam and the Trojan War Of Yucatan Ronald A. Barnett
In writing of the Persian Wars, Herodotus, our earliest Greek historian of note, declared that his purpose in writing of the a...
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Primary sources of Maya history - part three Ronald A. Barnett
Decipherment of the Maya hieroglyphic system of writing represents perhaps the greatest breakthrough in unravelling the histor...
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Primary sources Ronald A. Barnett
The Maya, Aztecs, and other peoples of ancient Mexico had a very strong sense of their own history, which they went to great l...
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The Books of Chilam Balam - part one Ronald A. Barnett
The Books of Chilam Balam are indigenous Maya chronicles written in northern Yucatan during the century or so following the Sp...
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Primary sources of Maya history - part one Ronald A. Barnett
The most extensive documentation for the native historical tradition in Mesoamerica comes from the Valley of Mexico and surrou...
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Primary sources of Maya history - part five Ronald A. Barnett
Controversy is a fact of life. Complete agreement on any subject is hardly to be expected. The study of Maya hieroglyphs is no...
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Primary sources of Maya history - part four Ronald A. Barnett
In the last column we looked briefly at the history of the decipherment of the Maya hieroglyphic writing system and some of th...
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Mel Gibson's Apocalypto Maggie Van Ostrand
It's unusual for me to write about anything other than Mexico as seen through the eyes of a humorist. But this month's article...
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There's something about Mexico Maggie Van Ostrand
A Maya myth, as recorded by Alfonso Villa R. in Quintana Roo and recently reported to me, tells us that God created a number o...
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La Civilización Maya y los ciudades Maya Index Page
Introducción Para el extranjero, la palabra 'Maya' conjura imágenes de ruinas arqueológicas y de una cultura perdida y desa...
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La Civilización Maya Conflicto Histórico Parte 1 Luis Dumois
No hay verdad en las palabras de los extranjeros. Chilam Balam de Chumayel Las noticias nos llegan todos los días. Denuncias ...
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The Maya Civilization: Historical Conflict with the Spaniards Luis Dumois
The Maya Civilization Historical Conflict Part 2 (To Part 1) "Just because of the crazy times, because of the crazy priests...
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The Maya civilization: Historical conflict Luis Dumois
There is no truth in the words of foreigners. Chilam Balam of Chumayel The news arrives every day: accusations of menacing man...
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La Civilización Maya: Conflicto Histórico, Parte 2 Luis Dumois
El libro del Chilam Balam de Chumayel es el más importante de los códices o manuscritos propiamente mayas que hasta hoy se c...
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La Civilizacion Maya Luis Dumois
Por enésima vez, el carro se había atorado en el camino. ¡Carajo! La cosa estaba mucho peor de lo que habíamos imaginado. ...
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A day at Labna: An ancient Maya city in Yucatan Luis Dumois
For the thousandth time, the automobile was stuck in the road. Damn! Things were much worse than we'd imagined. I opened the c...
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The Maya Civilization, references Luis Dumois
REFERENCES De la Garza, Mercedes, y León-Portilla, Miguel, Literatura Maya. Compilación de textos: Popol Vuh, Memorial de So...
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La Civilizacion Maya , Referencias Y Sitios En La Red Mundial Luis Dumois
REFERENCIAS ( Sitios Redes) De la Garza, Mercedes, y León-Portilla, Miguel, Literatura Maya. Compilación de textos: Popol Vu...
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The Maya Civilization, Maya Numerals And Calendar Luis Dumois
Mayan Numeric System Ancient Maya discovered two fundamental ideas in mathematics: positional value and the concept of zero. T...
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La Civilización Maya, Las Ciudades Mayas Luis Dumois
El esplendor físico de la cultura maya se aprecia sobre todo en la arquitectura y decorado de sus ciudades. Estas ciudades-es...
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La Civilización Maya, Numerales y Calendario Mayas Luis Dumois
Numerales y Calendario Mayas Sistema numérico Los antiguos mayas descubrieron dos ideas fundamentales en matemáticas: el ...
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