In February 1976 archaeologists found a carved turtle head that has magnetic properties in the ceremonial center of Izapa in the coastal plain of the State of Chiapas in Mexico. Radiocarbon dating gave that sculpture a date of 1500 B.C. Some 150 km to the southeast, in the ancient ceremonial cente
Scientists have debated for years why Bronze Age wall paintings found at the ancient settlement of Akrotiri on the Greek island of Santorini depict monkeys of a species that lived thousands of miles away in Asia. It has been suggested that, indeed, during the Bronze Age there could have been contac
In historical films there is usually no lack of costumbrista scenes in which great ritual ceremonies or parties are seen in the house of a wealthy character, with exotic dancers and musicians interpreting alleged melodies of the time . The truth is that these are pieces made by the composer of the s
After 20 years of litigation, the remains of Kennewick Man, an 8,400-year-old skeleton, were returned to Native Americans who immediately buried him in an undisclosed location in the United States. Kennewick Mans skull, and a rendition. CEREMONY. The Elder has just found the land of his ancestor