Is it safe to Travel to Mexico?

Judging by the numbers, many are saying 'yes'.

Mexico is actually hosting MORE tourists now than before the troubles began.

Read the entire article at :

www.Travel.usatoday.com/destinations/dispatches/post/2010/12/is-it-safe-to-travel-to-mexico-judging-from-the-numbers-many-say-yes/134217/1

Ichcabal an excuse to visit Laguna Bacalar

Rumor has it, Ichcabal, may open to the touring public in late 2010. For those of you who are not familiar with Ichcabal, it's in the vicinity of Chetumal and the Laguna Bacalar. I never pass up a chance to visit Bacalar. It's spectacular! Even the Maya thought so! Enough of that. Ichcabal is a large site, well preserved, and I hear, not yet looted. Got to go and see this place. Anyone else want to go?

The Popol Vuh - The Mayan Creation Story found in Mirador

El Mirador

Anyone heard anything more on El Mirador? They're talking "the biggest pyramid in the world", and I thought the Popol Vuh frieze was the greatest..... Check out the vidoes.

http://www.miradorbasin.com/resources/news/2009-10_cnn_report.php

Was the New World Settled Twice?

Were the primary ancestors of today's Native Americans really the first people to set foot in the New World? Genetic evidence suggests so, but ancient skeletons tell a different story. Now, the most detailed analysis yet of ancient American skulls concludes that there were two distinct waves of colonizers from Asia, suggesting that another group got here first.

You can read the rest at:

Was the New World Settled Twice?

by Andrew Lawle

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/06/was-the-new-world-settled-twice.html

HistoryWorld - Mesoamerican civilization Timeline

HistoryWorld - Mesoamerican civilization Timeline

If you are here, you already know of Teotihuacan,

but, what did the builders of this city call it? Just how extensive was their "empire"? We know they traded with the gulf coast. Check out "Cantona".

http://www.instituteofmayastudies.org/html/events.html

"Cantona: One of the Largest and Least-Visited Sites in Mexico"
with Ray Stewart

Cantona is located on a cold, 7,500-ft plateau, called the Plains of St. John in the state of Puebla, Mexico. This site was periodically occupied by Huastec Cholulan, Tlaxcaltec, and Mixtec people

Chan Chan, Peru

600 years ago, it was the largest city in the Americas. The Chimu' capital, with ten thousand structures, some walls 30 feet high, all in a maze of passageways and streets. Their palaces and temples were decorated with elaborate friezes. Some were hundreds of feet long.

While it was fabulously wealthy it lacked fresh water.

It is threatened today by too much water. Torrential rains are washing away the city. Catch it while you can.

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To See pics and Read More Visit : http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Endangered-Cultural-Treasures-Chan-Chan-Peru.html#

The Mundo Maya

I'm Joe. I have an interest in all things Maya in particular and the advent of civilization in Meso-America in general. I would like to share what I've learned with everyone who shares my interests.