Word: mayan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Guatemala's Petén rain forest, five men dig into a curious mound in the earth. They suspect that an ancient tomb lies somewhere beneath it, and before long, their hunch is confirmed. Just below the surface, they uncover a huge limestone slab, or stela, inscribed with Mayan symbols. A little deeper they find the tomb, filled with jade and alabaster jewelry, brilliantly colored ceramic platters and other priceless antiquities created by Mayan craftsmen long before Columbus reached the shores of the New World...
...John Mayan '53 noted that the saddest change in 25 years is the fact that it is no longer safe to walk around Cambridge. Barely two hours after his statement, a mass of police cars arrived at Plympton St. across from Quincy House after receiving a call that two people were fighting in the street. Police said yesterday a woman injured her male friend with a knife. Quincy House residents also identified the man as the suspicious person they had reported to the police earlier...
...Archaeoastronomy -astromythology: Stonehenge, Mayan and Egyptian pyramids...
...hassle could not obscure the show's uniqueness. It comprises some 385 objects the Chinese Communists have unearthed since they took over control of China in 1949. It includes magnificent bronze vessels from the 11th century B.C., whose sculptured decorations resemble later Mayan motifs...
...rapid change is not appreciated. The oil belongs to Pemex, the state oil monopoly; farmers receive money only for their land and no petroleum royalties. "They are worried that our drilling will ruin their fishing," says a Pemex engineer aboard the Chac, a marine drilling platform named for the Mayan rain god, as two fishermen glide by in a dugout canoe...