Hi Martin, Thanks for continuing to send us these great updates on La Corona. I stand corrected!! I guess I just assumed that the identification of La Corona...
Thanks for the offer Mike! I would have liked to join you on your trip, as I am sure I could benefit from your knowledge and experience, but unfortunately it...
Court Ruling in Spain Regarding Massacre of Mayans in Guatemala Spain Asserts Right to Try Genocide Crimes Committed Abroad Agence France-Presse Thursday 06...
Hi everyone! The organization Natives Againsts Media Stereotypes accuses CBS of allowing "discriminatory display aimed at aboriginal people" in the Survivor:...
Hi Martin, This is a great example of the way Native Americans in Guatemala are directly confronting the stereotyping of their culture. The entertainment...
Hi everyone! Floods and mudslides have recently killed hundreds in Guatemala. Here is a series of articles covering this tragedy: Guatemala to Leave Dead in...
I haven't gotten around to watching it. It's probably just as well. It look like they select for how photogenic the person will be, even when looking goofy....
Hi everyone! For those concerned by the Guatemala flood disaster, there are information letters and photos on http://www.guatestan.net/ There are more photos...
Hello group! I want to inform you that artist and epigrapher John Montgomery passed away last Thursday. He was known for his drawings of inscriptions from ...
Hi everyone! There is a new website on Palenque in the making by the Art and Art History Department of Wesleyan University. There is already alot of ...
Hi group! For those living in Northeast America, you may want to check this link for upcoming lectures by the Northeast Mesoamerican Epigraphy Group: ...
Hello group! Here is a news update on Mel Gibson's new film about Maya culture. We finally learn the chosen language and the main plot. I'm just hoping the...
Noblewomen may have brewed ancient beer, archaeologists say In a mountaintop outpost of an ancient south American empire, archaeologists say, evidence suggests...
Hello nebula331! Thank you for taking an interest in the Maya Architecture group. I find the news article you posted on the Wari brewery quite interesting...
Hi everyone! Here's a news update on the recent discovery of an elite mass grave in Cancuen revealing warfare, conquest and collapse among the ancient Maya: ...
Hello again! Those who have been following Central American news in the past years may remember the project to build a dam on the Usumacinta river for ...
You just paste long url's into the window and it makes a page with a url short enough to work when you post it here that will immediately redirect readers to...
Hi supernaturalrabbitscribe! Good to hear from you again. Thanks for the suggestion, it will make things easier. What have you been up to? Been on any trips?...
This is obviously spam. Is there no way for us to avoid these slimeball sons of scat? ... is organizing Egypt's First International Yoga Festival during the ...
Hi caliburn11! Unfortunately, there is not much I can do about spammers but delete the messages and ban the authors when they reveal themselves. I understand...
Support the Q'eqchi' Mayan people in Guatemala Please sign the on-line petition before 15 January 2006 Speaking4Earth is a new international web-based...
Hi Juanna! Thanks for bringing this critical issue to our attention. There has been alot of talk in Canada about the mining projects in Guatemala. There is...
Martin, I sure hope that Mike is still heading to Petén, because I will be there waiting for his plane as it lands at at the Flores airport. Six intrepid but...
Hi caliburn11! I wish you a good trip. I am planning to visit those sites next year. So if you have some time to write, I would certainly appreciate any ...
Hello group! Perhaps you remember the discovery earlier this year of ancient footprints in Mexico believed to be 40,000 years old. (See messages #234-235.)...
Hello group! A new discovery has been made at the site of Naachtun in Peten. The international research team that has been working on the site since 2002 (see...