Possible Aztec offerings found in Mexico
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Archaeologists diving into a lake in the crater of a snowcapped volcano found wooden scepters shaped like lightning bolts that match 500-year-old descriptions by Spanish priests and conquerors writing about offerings to the Aztec rain god.
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A man is offering &#36;10,000 for the Pedro Mountain Mummy, a tiny set of human remains that were found in Wyoming and have not been seen in public for 55 years.
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The discovery of a tomb filled with decapitated bodies suggests Mexico's 2,000 year-old "Pyramid of the Moon" may have been the site of horrifically gory sacrifices, archeologists said on Thursday.
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U.S. scientists have determined a link between climate change and the origins of maize and squash cultivation in Mexico.
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A new archaeological discovery suggests humans migrated to the hemisphere far earlier than previously thought.
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The discovery of a tomb filled with  decapitated bodies suggests Mexico's 2,000 year-old "Pyramid of  the Moon" may have been the site of horrifically gory  sacrifices, archeologists said on Thursday.
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A feud flares over an ancient skull that may or may not have belonged to a new species of human
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Archaeologists working near Stonehenge in England have discovered what appears to be an ancient religious complex containing a treasure trove of artifacts that might finally illuminate the lives and religious ...Comment
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By Michael Grabell, The Dallas Morning News  Feb. 9--Police and religious experts say that a pot containing a human skull, found near the bodies of a missing couple last week, appears to be a shrine of the Afro-Caribbean religion Palo Mayombe.
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MEXICO CITY - A miner in the state of Chiapas found a tiny tree frog that has been preserved in amber for 25 million years, a researcher said.
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The majestic pyramids and temples of the ancient Zapotec kingdom of Monte Alban sit spectacularly atop a hill in Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca.
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People who lived in the mining town of Guanajuato, Mexico, more than a century ago left behind a scientific mother lode: their own accidentally mummified bodies.
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MEXICO CITY, Feb 2 (Reuters Life!) - Fascinated by cultures as old as their own, Mexicans are pouring into museum exhibitions in wonder at ancient Middle Eastern artifacts never before seen in the Western Hemisphere.
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FELIPE CARRILLO PUERTO, Mexico  - In a land of  pyramids and jungle temples, one of Mexico's most curious and  elusive artifacts is an old wooden cross said to have spoken to  Mayan Indians and roused them to rebellion.
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A knockout exhibition of Aztec artifacts at New York's Guggenheim Museum reveals a rich culture.
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Ancient Americans were making elaborate meals with chilis thousands of years ago&#8212;sometimes even before the development of pottery&#8212;scientists say.
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DNA is aiding fossil hunters in the search for human origins by approaching the search for human origins from a different angle.