Does this sound like an Indiana Jones adventure or what! Two archaeologists deep in the jungles of Guatemala are searching the lost empire of El Zotz, an ancient Maya city-state. First, they discover Diablo’s Pyramid, a 45-foot tall royal palace that is 1600 years old. Then, they spot another building but it’s buried deep in …
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Art exhibit – the native americans who survived the Spanish Colonial period
Here is a new exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Children of the Plumed Serpent: the Legacy of Quetzalcoatl You may remember the name Quetzalcoatl as the so-called white-bearded God in Atzec lore. Which Hernán Cortés was supposed to represent and then use to his advantage when he conquered the greatest empire …
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New Guinness Record for largest chocolate sculpture – 18,000 pound Mayan temple
A California dessert and pastry school, located in Irvine, has just broken the Guinness World Record for the World’s Largest Chocolate Sculpture: To celebrate our 30th anniversary, Qzina Specialty Foods, has broken a Guinness World Record for building the largest chocolate sculpture. The sculpture models an ancient Mayan temple and weighs 18,239 pounds, far surpassing the previous record set in Italy …
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The stars as viewed from the International Space Station
Multitudinous stars but what is really awesome are the shots or Earth. The atmosphere glows faintly while the surface is lined with an array of lights, lightning storms, and mountains. Makes me feel like we are an advanced civilization, even a planet in a Star Wars movie (that’s Coruscant for you geeks). Timelapse videos depicting …
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