Mayans

For Ancient Indigenous Civilizations, Every Day Was Earth Day

The Huffington Post | Laura Steiner | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Video, Ancient Civilization, Aztec, Earth Day, Hispanic Heritage, Earth Day 2012, Incas, Mayans, Slidepollajax, Indigenous Civilizations, Latino Voices News

While today we must actually take a day off to celebrate the Earth, in Latin America, for thousand of years, indigenous communities had a relationship...

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PHOTOS: The Mexico You Didn't See During Spring Break

Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Slideadbigshot, Video, Aztec, Mexico City, Spring Break, Frida Kahlo Museum, Hispanic Heritage, Mexico, Mexico Vacation, Mayans, Teotihuacan, Slidepollajax, Tulum, Latino Voices News

You read what our Mexican friends had to say about Spring Breakers in Cancun (they're not too fond of them). And while Cancun surely remains to be the...

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WATCH: Jewelry Made From Living Beetles

Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Mayan Jewelry, Living Jewelry, Beetle Broach, Animals in the News, Maquech Broach, Video, Mayan Art, Bug Jewelry, Mayans, Live Bug Jewelry, Weird Photos & Videos, Maquech Brooch, Maquech Beetle, Bug Brooch, Beetle Brooch, Weird News News

In Mexico, some art really moves right off the shelves. Maquech brooches have women swarming to pick up one of the hottest accessories: live beetle...

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WATCH: NASA Scientist Takes On 2012 Doomsday Scenarios

Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Conspiracy Theory, Video, Nasa, Precolumbian, Apocalypse, Debunked, Doomsday, Mayans, Jpl, Maya, Mayan Calendar, End of the World, 2012, December 2012, Science News

By: Natalie Wolchover Published: 03/09/2012 09:26 AM EST on Lifes Little Mysteries Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have put out a...

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On Matters of Optimism and Pessimism

Robert Teitelman | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Fukuyama, The Great Stagnation, Iran, Robert Teitelman, Mayans, Greece, Optimism, Pessimism, Abundance, Business News

We're at a strange moment, trembling between optimism and pessimism. Much of this is economic; after a gloomy four years or so, there are signs that a more solid economic recovery may be in the works.

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Maya Civilization Said Done In By Climate Change

| Michael Balter | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Yucatan, Drought, Video, Latin America, Mayan Drought, Hispanic Heritage, Mexico, Maya Empire, Mayans, Archaeology, Science News

For more than 500 years, the Maya kings ruled the New World's richest and most advanced civilization. But then, around 800 C.E., the Maya empire began...

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Is The 2012 Apocalypse Real?

Jason Boyett | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: End Times, May 21 End of the World, Apocalypse, Mayans, 2012 Apocalypse, End of the World, Mayan Calendar, 2012, Religion News

Now that it's actually 2012, the year in which those fictional events supposedly were to have taken place, you may be wondering: Is the Mayan calendar a real thing? Were we warned? Is 2012 the end of the world?

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Don't Fear the Mayans: It's Not the End of the World As We Know It

Greg Olear | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Apocalypse, Mayans, 2012 Apocalypse, End of the World, 2012, Mayans-End-of-the-World, Weird News News

With the U.S. economy in shambles, the Euro worth about as much as the Lego, a new strain of super-contagious swine flu, the Arab world in upheaval, K...

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Preparedness Fatigue: If The Mayans Were Right, Mix Me A Martini

Debra Ollivier | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Mayan End Times, Mayans, Preparedness, Urban Survival, Off the Grid Survival, 2012 Apocalypse, Robert Richardson, Fifty News

By the time I was in my early twenties my purse was filled with paraphernalia for chapped lips, chapped hands, unruly fingernails, allergies, parking lot thugs, cuts and bruises, bad hair, bad weather, bad breath and bad karma. When I became a mother, my purse ballooned to the size of Mont Blanc. It took awhile to realize that I was lugging around not just a lot of useless stuff; I was lugging around the what-if-you-never-know culture and anxiety of Preparedness.

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Queens Of Guatemala: Glamorous Shots Of Indigenous Women Vying For Mayan Title

AP | By JACK CHANG | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Queens of Guatemala, Afghanistan, Mayan History, Guatemala, Mayans, Rodrigo Abd, World News

The women gaze patiently out of the darkness at the camera, their silver necklaces and intricately patterned headscarves giving them a regal air. S...

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PHOTOS: 1,300-Year-Old Mayan Warrior Sculptures Found In Mexico

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Mexico, Mayans, Ancient Art, Mayan Sculptures, Mayan Sculptures Found, Maya Civilization, World News

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican archaeologists have found two 1,300-year-old limestone sculptures of captured Mayan warriors that they say could shed ligh...

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False God: A $4.1 Million FAKE?

ARTINFO | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Mexico, Art, Mayans, Artinfo, France, Art Auctions, Fake Art, Henri Law, Mayan Goddess, Art Controversy, Museums, Sculpture, Pre-Columbian, Rath Museum, Statue, Mexican Art, Arts News

When a statue of a Mayan goddess obtained €2.9 million ($4.1 million) in Paris on Monday, it set a world record for a pre-Columbian artifact sold at...

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The History of Valentine's Day And Chocolate

Gourmet Live | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cocoa Beans, Valentine's Chocolate, Christopher Columbus, Chocolate, Cadbury, Aztecs, Valentine's Day, Mayans, History of Valentine's Day, History-of-Chocolate, Food News

Every February 14th love-struck men and women spend more than 1 billion dollars on chocolate products. Blame Cupid for the love-struck part, but why c...

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2012 Doomsday Wrong? Prediction Date May Be Off Several Years

ABC News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: End of Days, Mayans, Mayans 2012, Mayan Calendar, Armageddon, 2012, 2012 Doomsday, 2012 Doomsday Wrong, Religion News

Doomsday believers, you might be able to breathe a sigh of relief. The much-hyped "prediction" that, according to the ancient Mayan calendar, the w...

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Giving Thanks for Bees

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Honey, Beekeeping, Bee Venom, Insecticides, Beeswax, Dr. Reese Halter, Ice Cream, Cotton, Neonictinoids, Thanksgiving, Mayans, Honeybees, Plastic Bags, Organics, Bees, Green News

This year, I give thanks to the 1.8 trillion honeybees that directly account for a quarter of a trillion dollars of worldwide commerce annually.

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The Watchman's Rattle: Thinking Our Way Out of Extinction

Geri Spieler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dr. Martin Perry, The Watchman's Rattle, Crib Death, Mayans, E.O. Wilson, Fatty, Sacret Cow, Consumer, Drought, Rutgers Unisersity, Water, Extinction, Disaster, Oil, Rebecca Costa, Meme, Books News

If there were a "Watchman" to protect us from danger he would be shaking his rattle vigorously right now. We are in danger of becoming extinct as the...

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Global Warming, Drought and the Grim Reaper

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 05.25.2011

Welcome to a drier world. And it's not just the southern half of the U.S. that's feeling the bite.

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Mayan King Tomb DISCOVERED In Guatemala

msn.com | LiveScience | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mayan King, Guatemala, Mayans, Mayan King Tomb Discovered, Archaeology, Mayan King Tomb, World News

A well-preserved tomb believed to be the final resting place of an ancient Mayan king has been discovered in Guatemala, scientists announced last week...

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Goldcorp's Marlin Mine: "Development for Death"

Tracy L. Barnett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Guatemala, Mayans, Indigenous Rights, Latin America, Mining, Indigenous People, Green News

Residents living near the mine complain of strange rashes on their children's skins and other symptoms. Goldcorp officials say there is no evidence of contamination.

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Indigenous Guatemalans Tell United Nations: No to Mining, Yes to Life

Tracy L. Barnett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guatemala, Mayans, Indigenous Rights, United Nations Human Rights Council, Mining, Green News

They came by the thousands to witness a day that would mark history for their people: a visit from James Anaya, the world's highest-ranking indigenous advocate, U.N. Special Rapporteur for Indigenous Rights.

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Guatemalan Ex-guerilla Trades Gun for Microphone

Tracy L. Barnett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guatemala, Mayans, Cultural-Survival, Community Radio, Indigenous Rights, Indigenous People, Media News

After nearly a decade on the front lines, Tino was assigned to La Voz Popular, the short-wave radio station that transmitted the voice of the Guatemalan resistance.

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Maya Tomb Find Could Help Explain Collapse

AP | MANUEL DE LA CRUZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Maya Tomb, Mexico City, Mayan Tomb, Mexico, Mexico Archeology, Mayans, Mayan Calendar, National Institute of Anthropology and History, Tonina, World News

TONINA, Mexico — Mexican archaeologists have found an 1,100-year-old tomb from the twilight of the Maya civilization that they hope may shed lig...

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The Maya Really Did Warn Us About Our Future (Unintentionally)

Alex Higgins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Copenhagen 2009, Central America, Jared Diamond, Science, Mayans, Global Warming Denial, Roland Emmerich, Global Warming, 2012, Green News

The Maya in the 8th century had little ability to understand the climate change that was happening to them. Our civilization knows what is happening and even has the ability to prevent catastrophe.

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2012 Supplies One More Victory for Pseudoscience

Daniel Cubias | Posted 05.25.2011

2012 pillages an ancient culture, deliberately misrepresents its traditions, and then claims its all true. More important, it taps into the serious vein of crazy that we have in this country.

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2012: A Time of Change?

Ariane de Bonvoisin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Global, Social Change, First 30 Days, Ariane De Bonvoisin, 2012, Mayans, Mayan Calendar, Healthy Living News

Is 2012 the end of the world? No. It may be the end of one type of world we have been living in.

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