Why the idea that the Maya civilization ‘collapsed’ is wrong
To Masson, Delgado Kú, and their colleagues, Mayapan’s story contradicts the idea that the Maya disappeared, or even that the ...
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Ancient Civilizations
Why the idea that the Maya civilization ‘collapsed’ is wrong Why the idea that the Maya civilization ‘collapsed’ is wrong For ancient Egyptians, dance was a huge part of daily life For ...
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The Birth of Religion
This story appears in the June 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. Every now and then the dawn of civilization is ... seven millennia before the Great Pyramid of Giza.
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Bred for Battle—Understanding Ancient Sparta’s Military Machine
This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine ... dedication to the defense of their land. No great philosophers would ever arise from Spartan ...
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Mesoamerican Civilization
What really caused the collapse of the Maya civilization? What really caused the collapse of the Maya civilization? Who were the Aztec, really? It’s complicated. Who were the Aztec, really?
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Yellowknife and Great Slave Lake
Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories, is an isolated mining town built on gold and now sustained by diamonds—an outpost of civilization ... the enormous Great Slave Lake ...