Hi Mike and all! Indeed, 8 hours of driving is pretty far but when you live in eastern Canada, 8 hours of flying is not even a possibility. Toronto, Ottawa, ...
Hello everyone! As some of you may be celebrating Halloween, the Maya too have their own celebration of the dead. Note that the following article is not ...
Hi Martin. I just read a critique of this article today! Apparently the writer did not know the Maya well because it was pointed out that the ceremonies...
Helle group! Here's a bit of news I came across (in spanish). In short, Rio Azul National Park could lose 60 percent of it's forest cover as a consequence of a...
Don't forget the influx of settlers that come streaming in with every new road. It would provide another route northward for those seeking to further inundate...
Hello group! Thanks to Mike and chenwaye for their insightful comments. Here's About Archaeology's webpage on the Maya civilization. The information is basic...
Hello group! As you may all know, Mel Gibson's movie on the ancient Maya "Apocalypto" is coming out on Friday the 8th. You may also have read entertainment...
Hello group! I have yet to go see Apocalypto, but for those who already have I welcome your comments. Here's another archaeologist's "passionnate" review of...
Hello everyone! Here's more links to Apocalypto reviews. I'm finally going to see the movie this week. For those who have already seen it, I would like to have...
Hello group! Mel Gibson had reputable archaeologists as consultants for his movie but that didn't keep him from distorting facts into fiction. Here's an ...
Hi Martin and all. I saw the movie last weekend understanding it was a Mel Gibson Hollywood flick, so I was not surprised or disappointed in the product. Of...
Hello Mike and all! I finally went to see Apocalypto. As you said Mike I was neither surprised nor disapointed after all the criticisim I read. However, I ...
Hello group! Here's two news articles about the threat that industrial and urban development poses to ancient ruins in Mexico. Archeologists discover ancient...
Hello everyone! I know I haven't posted much lately but I didn't have much time to check the news. But here's an interesting article on a site called Yalbac in...
http://www.viajeros.com/article737.html Hi group: I send you an article about La Joya de Cerén in El Salvador that I´ve received from a trip forum. I´m...
Hello everyone! Here's a news article concerning last Tuesday's Nova documentary "America's Stone Age Explorers". New evidence -- Clovis people not first to...
http://www.archaeology.org/0703/abstracts/olmec.html Hi Now I enclose, an article of current issue of archeology magazine (march-april 2007) Greetings...
Dear friends Greetings to you all I being very busy with my exposition in Amsterdam Holland at the vrije plaats and working on my new book, I have so lucky...
Juanna, your concern about Apocalypto are understandable and I share those feelings. Having written several comments on the film and read Mel Gibson's own...
Hello group! Here's a selection of new information and resources on Mesoamerican archaeology. I'm sure there is much more out there so if anyone in the group...
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