Maya Mystery School

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2010 News Archive

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Director's Note - BREAKING NEWS items from newspapers are usually limited to a two-day run. If the link is broken, it is because the news item is no longer available. 

12/21/10:*Gemini Eclipse (short reading) - Dec. 21, 2010  (Barbara Hand-Clow)

12/05/10:*Sagittarius New Moon - Dec. 5, 2010  (Barbara Hand-Clow)
12/01/10: *Surviving Saturn Cycles, National Cycles and Planetary Cycles (From the Director)
12/01/10: December local events!
12/01/10: Authenticity of Teotihuacan's Malinaltepec mask verified (Archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com)
12/01/10: Ancient Lambayeque civilizations domesticated cats 3500 years ago (enPerublog.com)
12/01/10: Yale will return entire Machu Picchu collection (Peruviantimes.com)
12/01/10: Ancient trumpets played eerie notes [conch shells] (Sciencenews.org)
12/01/10: The purpose of Aztec blood rituals - Part 1 (Archnews.co.uk)
12/01/10: Prehispanic decapitated ballgame player sculpture discovered by archaeologists in Mexico (Archaeologydaily.com)
12/01/10: Maya pyramids pose acoustic riddle (USAtoday.com)
12/01/10: New explanation for the origin of high species diversity in Amazon (Sciencedaily.com)
12/01/10: History of Peru series: Reading the past, righting the record (Peruviantimes.com)
12/01/10: Robot Explorer reveals 2,000-year-old, perfectly carved underground tunnel in Mexico (newfeed.time.com)
12/01/10: Stone age etching found in Amazon basin as river levels fall (Guardian.co.uk)
12/01/10: AFP: Mummies of 15th century dogs discovered in Peru (Google.com)
12/01/10: The Americas: The old new world (Guardian.co.uk)
12/01/10: Mayans converted wetlands to farmland (Nature.com)
12/01/10: Sub aquatic archaeologists discover four complete skulls of extinct animals in a cenote (Archaeologydaily.com)
11/05/10:*Scorpio New Moon - Nov. 5, 2010  (Barbara Hand-Clow)

11/01/10: *A Call to Women: Consuming the "End-Time" Fear Demons (From the Director)
11/01/10: Ancient Inca tomb found in Keulap (Andina.com)
11/01/10: Archaeologist discover pre-Colombian water conservation measures in Amazonia (Speroforum.com)
11/01/10: Odd pyramid had rooftop homes, ritual sacrifices? (Nationalgeograhic.com)
11/01/10: Pre-Inca mummies discovered in Lima (3news.co.nz)
11/01/10: New discoveries concerning pre-Columbian settlements in the Amazon (EurekAlert.org)
11/01/10: 2012 Mayan calendar "dooomsday" date might be wrong (Discoverynews.com)
11/01/10: The Caral figurines (Peru) (enPerublog.com)
11/01/10: New discoveries concerning pre-Columbian settlements in the Amazon (Bioscholar.com)
11/01/10: Archaeologists find Inca funerary sites is Cusco, Peru (Livinginperu.com)
11/01/10: Murals reveal Maya military life (Inah.gob.mex)
11/01/10: Peru geoglyphs slide show (Discoverynews.com)
11/01/10: Resurrecting the maize king (Archaeology.org)
11/01/10: Machu Picchu reveals new secrets: Inkaraqay (enPerublog.com)
11/01/10: Mex INAH archaeologists explore prehispanic Tabasco observatory (freerepublic.com)

10/07/10:*Libra New Moon - Oct. 7, 2010  (Barbara Hand-Clow)
10/07/10: New Pilgrimage: Return of the Crystal Skulls 

10/01/10: *Coming or Going? (From the Director)
10/01/10: New local events!
10/01/10: Lost language unearthed in a letter in Peru (Reuters/Yahoo.com)
10/01/10: Prehistoric roadway explored by archaeologist in Kochicalco (Historum.com/Artdaily.org)
10/01/10: Peru rewrites history books once more with ancient archaeological find (enPerublog.com)
10/01/10: Ceremonial temples 4,000 years old found in Peruvian jungle  (LAHT.com)
10/01/10: Undersea cave yields one of oldest skeletons in Americas (Nationalgeograhic.com)
10/01/10: New Chachapoyan archaeological site discovered (enPerublog.com)
10/01/10: History of Peru Series, Pt. 5 - The Pucllana period (PeruvianTimes.com)
10/01/10: In Amazon, traces of a new civilization (WashingtonPost.com)
10/01/10: Royals discovered predating the Incas (3news.co.nz)


09/22/10:*Fall Equinox - Sept. 22, 2010  (Barbara Hand-Clow)

09/08/10:*Virgo New Moon - Sept. 8, 2010  (Barbara Hand-Clow)

09/01/10: *Journey through the Cosmic Rabbit Hole (From the Director)
09/01/10: New local events!
09/01/10: Mexico's anthropology specialists identify name of Maya ruler (ArchaeologyDaily.com)
09/01/10: Mayan pool in the rain forest lined with ceramic floor (EurekAlert.org)
09/01/10: Archaeologists find new clues why the Maya left (USAtoday.com)
09/01/10: 10,000 year old skeleton extracted from flooded cave in Mexico (Demotix.com)
09/01/10: New discovery: Traces of a Lost Language  (Peabody.Harvard.edu) Also see: Video (Peabody.Harvard.edu)
09/01/10: Village located high in Andes protects ancient Inca puzzle (Seattletimes.com)
09/01/10: Mexico finds Aztec remains during subway drilling  (in.reuters.com)
09/01/10: Maya research aims to illuminate commoners (news-gazette.com)
09/01/10: Mexico finds tunnel, possible tombs under Teotihuacan (ABCnews.go.com)
09/01/10: Human remains dating to 7th century found at Peruvian fortress (LAHT.com)
09/01/10: History of Peru Series, Pt. 4 - Transition (PeruvianTimes.com)

08/09/10:*Leo New Moon - Aug. 9, 2010  (Barbara Hand-Clow)

08/01/10: *Emerging from the Chrysalis (From the Director)
08/01/10: New local events!
08/01/10: Ancient Mayas inspire modern fade-proof dye (PhysOrg.com)
08/01/10: Guatemala tomb may hold founder of a Maya dynasty (LAtimes.com)
08/01/10: Archaeologists find three ceramic offerings at Macchu Picchu (LAHT.com)
08/01/10: Ancient sacrificial chamber found in Peru (redorbit.com)
08/01/10: Divers plumb the mystery of sacred Maya pools (News.Illinois.edu)
08/01/10: Pre-Columbian burial ground unearthed in Costa Rica (PhysOrg.com)
08/01/10: New royal Sican tomb discovered in Bosque de Pomac  (enPerublog.com)
08/01/10: Mayan king's tomb found in Guatemala (news.Discovery.com)
08/01/10: Vestiges of a prehistoric oven to melt copper found in Zacatecas (Artlistings.com/artdaily.org)
08/01/10: Ancient tomb unearthed in Northern Peru (Andina.com.pe)
08/01/10: History of Peru Series, Pt. 3 - Monumental Architecture (PeruvianTimes.com)
08/01/10: History of Peru Series, Pt. 2 - Tour 3000BC to 500 AD (PeruvianTimes.com)

07/11/10:*Cancer New Moon - July 11, 2010  (Barbara Hand-Clow)

07/01/10:*And the Walls Come Tumbling Down (From the Director)
07/01/10: New local events!
07/01/10: Rock paintings at La Pintada archaeological zone catalogued (ArchaeologyDaily.com)
07/01/10: Amazonian Indians more advanced than we knew (AOLnews.com)
07/01/10: History of Peru, Pt. 1 - The dawn of urbanization (PeruvianTimes.com)
07/01/10: Archaeologists hot on trail of Aztec royalty  (News.Discovery.com)
07/01/10: Mexican experts to tunnel for Aztec rulers' tombs (ArchaeologyDaily.com)
07/01/10: Fossils reveal that Mayas knew more about prehistory (Sott.net/Artdaily.org)
07/01/10: Highly engineered Inca channel discovered in Cusco (Andina.com.pe)

06/21/10:*Summer Solstice - June 21, 2010  (Barbara Hand-Clow)
06/12/10:*Gemini New Moon - June 12, 2010  (Barbara Hand-Clow)

06/01/10: *Binding and Burning Toxic Planetary Energies (From the Director)
06/01/10: New local events!
06/01/10: Advanced technique, RTI, being used todecipher Maya glyphs (Archaeologydaily.com)
06/01/10: New pyramid discovered in Peru linked to ancient copper industry (independent.co.uk)
06/01/10: Pictures: Massive Maya city revealed by lasers (Nationalgeographic.com)
06/01/10: Archaeologists discover 2,700-year-old tomb in Mexico  (Guardian.co.uk)
06/01/10: Conscious Convergence: A wave of unity - July 17-18, 2010 (Carl Johann Calleman)
06/01/10: Tonina is one of greatest Mesoamerican cities (Archaeologydaily.com)
06/01/10: Mysterious Mayan ceremonial head found at T ak' alik Ab' aj  (Guatemala.times.com)
06/01/10: Space technology revolutionizes archaeology, understanding of Maya (Eurekalert.org)
06/01/10: Mayan plumbing more than a pipe dream (news.discovery.com)
05/01/10: Giant Maya figureheads to be restored (Archaeologydaily.com)

05/13/10: *Taurus New Moon - May 13, 2010  (Barbara Hand-Clow)

05/01/10: *Emerging from the Timeless Void (From the Director)
05/01/10: New local events!
05/01/10: The Mesoamerican Connection: the Toltecs, artisans, scholars, priests and fearsome warriors (Examiner.com)
05/01/10: Peruvian Mummies, seashells share historical climate insight (newswise.com)
05/01/10: Classic Maya history is embedded  in commoners' homes  (Eurekalert.org)
05/01/10: Ancient city yielding new clues in Michoacan, Mexico (Americanscientist.org)
05/01/10: Colo. State Univ archaeologist discovers ancient lost city in Mexico (news.colostate.edu)
05/01/10: Inca cemetery holds brutal glimpses of Spanish violence  (Sciencenews.org)
05/01/10: Teotihuacan lineage at Tikal studied (dti.inah.gob.mx)
05/01/10: Prehistoric Mummies poisoned (Nationalgeographic.com)
05/01/10: Study gives insight to Mayan culture (thedailycougar.com)

04/15/10: *Aries New Moon - Apr 14, 2010  (Barbara Hand-Clow)

04/01/10: *Raising the New Quetzalcoatl Energies (From the Director)
04/01/10: Police recover Inca mummy (enperublog.com)
04/01/10: Ceremonial huaca found at Salapunku site (enperublog.com)
04/01/10: Neighboring city of ancient Caral at risk (enperublog.com)
04/01/10: Maya blue pigment recipe moved around  (USAtoday.com)
04/01/10: Headless man's tomb found under Maya torture mural (NationalGeographic.com)
04/01/10: Maya site inhabitants manufactured weapons and tools (Archaeologydaily.com)
04/01/10: Ancient corpses ritually dug up, torn apart, reburied  (NationalGeographic.com)
04/01/10: Maya fountain unearthed by archaeologists (USAtoday.com)
04/01/10: Ancient mural portrays ordinary Mayans (LiveScience.com)
04/01/10: More tombs at the La Pava de Mochumi site (enperublog.com)
04/01/10: Ancient texts present Mayans as literary geniuses (Buffalo.edu)

03/21/10:*Spring Equinox - March 20, 2010  (Barbara Hand-Clow)
03/15/10: *Pisces New Moon - Mar. 15, 2010  (Barbara Hand-Clow)
03/01/10: *The Final Battle for Our Minds and Souls: AVATAR and the MAYAS (From the Director)
03/01/10: New Events!
03/01/10: Spring Equinox pilgrimage - Cosmic Medicine for Mankind (March 17-24)
03/01/10: Among the ruins (Physorg.com)
03/01/10: Circular Aztec temple found in Mexico  (int.iol.co.za)
03/01/10: Spanish researchers publish work on Mayan pictographs (Archaeologydaily.com)
03/01/10: Wall with Mayan seignior glyphs discovered at archaeological zone (Archaeologydaily.com)
03/01/10: Peru to resume archaeological excavations at Huaca-Rajada-Sipan Site  (Andina.com)
03/01/10: Raising the sky: the Mayan creation myth and the Milky Way (M.J. Finley)
03/01/10: Mayan world tree: ancient wisdom details the acceleration of human consciousness (Barbara Hand-Clow)

02/13/10: *Aquarius New Moon - Feb. 13, 2010  (Barbara Hand-Clow)

02/01/10: *James Cameron's "Avatar" and the Mayan Tree of Life (From the Director)
02/01/10: The sacred tree of the ancient Maya (Maxwellinstitute.byu.edu)
02/01/10: Spring Equinox pilgrimage - Cosmic Medicine for Mankind (March 17-24)
02/01/10: Millennium old sarcophagus could help clarify fall of Mayan civilization (artdaily.org)
02/01/10: Mythical temple found in Peru  (NationalGeographic.com)
02/01/10: Tomb could yield clues to Mayan decline (Redorbit.com)
02/01/10: Huge head discovered in ancient Mayan city in Guatemala (Heraldsun.com.au)
02/01/10: Tomb of 800-year-old shaman discovered  (enPerublog.com)
02/01/10: 1000-year-old monument with image of Mayan ruler found (presentthepast.com)
02/01/10: Lost Amazon complex found: shapes seen by satellite (NationalGeographic.com)
02/01/10: Chromatic palette of Mexica sculptural art identified  (thearchaeologicalbox.com)

01/15/10: *Capricorn New Moon - Jan. 15, 2010  (Barbara Hand-Clow)
01/01/10: *The final collapse of our authoritarian institutions (From the Director)
01/01/10: Forget 2012: Why Mexicans are wary of 2010  (Time/Yahoo.com)
01/01/10: Mayan glyphs detail priest's life, blood sacrifices (AFP/Yahoo.com)
01/01/10: Ancient Mayans likely had fountains and toilets (LiveScience.com)
01/01/10: Mayas saving Maya Culture - The Archaeology Channel  (Anthropology.net)
01/01/10: Ancient Amazon civilization laid bare by felled forest (NewScientist.com)
01/01/10: Ancient Maya king shows his foreign roots (ScienceNews.org)
01/01/10: UCSB archaeologist disputes common belief about collapes of Maya (UCSB.edu)
01/01/10: Four ceremonial fountains discovered at Machu Picchu (enPerublog.com)
01/01/10: The impact of the diffusion of maize to the Southwestern US (Eurekalert.org)
01/01/10: Naylamp's temple discovered in Lambayeque (enPerublog.com)
01/01/10: Digging at Peru's Cerro Mejia (Archaeology.org)
01/01/10: Hair reveals ancient Peruvians were stressed out (enPerublog.com)

12/21/09:*Winter Solstice Dec. 21, 2009  (Barbara Hand-Clow)
12/16/09:*Sagittarius New Moon - Dec. 16, 2009  (Barbara Hand-Clow)