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...
Hi everyone! Since the holydays are coming and many of us will have more time to read or will be looking for books as gifts, I thought I would share with you a...
Jungle find opens "new chapter" in Maya history Archaeologists are reporting the earliest known portrait of a woman from the ancient civilization. (Story in...
Hello group! Here is some more information on the discovery of the earliest known portrait of a Maya woman. And for those interested in gender studies in Maya...
Hi everyone! I've been reading comments from some people who are not convinced that the portrait found on stela 26 at Naachtun is female. I'm not an expert in...
Hi Martin and all. I chanced upon three fascinating articles from the PARI Journal relating to the mobility of ruling dynasties during the Classic Period. The...
Hi again! I mentioned ealier that some people had doubts about the female identity of the portrait on stela 26 found at Naachtun. Well, I found more info...
Hi Mike! Thanks for sharing this fascinating research. I wasn't able to open the link to the article, but your explanations were enough to get me interested. I...
Hi Martin. Actually, I will check my notes from Guenter's talk in Guatemala when I get home. To give a quick answer to your question, if the Snake kings were...
Hello group! This is just a reminder that the 10th European Maya Conference in Leiden organized by Wayeb (The Association of European Mayanists) is happening...
Thanks alot for all this great information Mike. Enjoy your trip and keep us informed. Martin L. ... legitimacy ... have ... associated ... stela ... other...
Hi all! For those interested in a deeper analysis of the female portrait found on stela 26 at Naachtun, here is the link to a comment by mayanist Michael D....
Hello group! I have just heard of an archaeological zone called Cantona located in Puebla, Mexico. This city which developed in the Teotihuacan-El Tajin trade...
Hi everyone! First the bad news: "A billion-dollar Canadian corporation, Fortis Inc., and Belize's government are racing to build a dam that would flood 22...
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