Tagged: Maya

The State of Things
11:41 am
Tue May 21, 2013

UNC Professor Educates Maya Descendants

Credit cjuneau via flickr
Patricia McAnany researched Mayan ruins in Belize. The Xunantunich ruins of western Belize are pictured above.

Patricia McAnany had a moment of clarity when a young girl of Maya descent asked her why all the Maya people had to die. McAnany knew that the ancient Maya civilization collapsed in the 8th and 9th centuries, but she also knew that the Maya people continued to exist right up until the modern day.

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State of Things
10:30 am
Fri December 21, 2012

Ancient and Living Maya

Today is supposedly the end of the world, depending on who you believe. Some say the ancient Maya people predicted December 21, 2012 would be the apocalypse. Others say it is just a new era. Still others say the whole thing is overblown.

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