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71The Island of the Living Dead Dolls
Come and follow me to the Canal of Xochimilco, with its unsettling mystical charm. Over hundreds of years the area has been desecrated to this one single canal, the sole tributary of the Xochimilco Lake......
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68Tattoo designs, Aztec tattoos, Native American tattoo ideas
I am an artist. I paint Aztec Gods (when I can get them to hold still!). My website (see link below) lists all of my paintings and artistic endeavours. Recently, an unknown fan wrote to me and sent a photo...
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76double headed serpent
This two headed serpent was made in the 1500's and is now a permanent part of the Mexican Gallery at the British museum in London, England. The original turquoise double headed serpent is 43.3 cm wide and...
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72The Mayan Calendar and Christian Response to 2012
The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as its art, architecture, and mathematical and...
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87Native American Nations in Mexico (Part XVI)
Mexico is full of significant art finds by Aboriginal Peoples and the more modern as well. Some of the artistic representations of the Indigenous residents is similar to some of that in the Ukraine and the far northern reaches of Russia. Some of it looks much like the art found in Thailand. This is interesting, because the DNA lines of the early peoples of the former USSR, Mexico, and Thailand are also related.
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85Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
In the calendar of feast days of the Catholic Church, December 12th is the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe which is also celebrated as a major religious holiday in Mexico. This date is the anniversary of the...
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80The Lost Aztec Treasure
"Chicomoztoc" (or "The Seven Caves of Chicomoztoc") is the name for the mythical origin place of the Aztec people of central Mexico. There is an association of "Chicomoztoc" with certain legendary traditions...
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76Tattoo Ideas: Aztec Tattoos Designs, Gallery and Pics
The Aztecs were a highly developed and very artistic culture. They had a well developed apperiation for the arts that can be seen through their architecture and visual arts. This also lead to a well established tradtion of tattooing. Today Aztec tattoos are very popular and can be very intricate and beautifully strong with bold lines and intricate religous images such as the Aztec Calendar tattoo or Aztec warrior tattoos.
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73Guide on Aztec
In the patriarchal hierarchy of Aztec culture, the man was the head of the household. Common men possessed more freedom than noblemen in choosing, or rather requesting, a bride for marriage. The noble classes...
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66The Truth About the Chia Seed
The chia seed comes from the desert plant Salvia hispanica, which grows in southern Mexico. Five hundred years ago it was an important part of the Aztec diet. It is known that the Aztecs referred to the seed...
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