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The Olmec World

What we know about the Olmecs is shadowed by what we do not, most notably their origin and their name. The riddle further deepens when we look at their...

The Papantla Pole Dancers

the sight of a man dancing on a tiny round platform atop of a hundred foot-high wooden pole while playing a flute and a small drum is baffling, and...

The Lords of the Fifth Sun

This article was featured in Popular Archaeology. It was dark, for there was no Sun when the gods met. They said, “who will bring the Sun?” For, after the fall...

The Great Maya Tombstone

This article was featured in Popular Archaeology. A s holy lord of the B’aakal kingdom, Pakal was supreme in secular and religious matters, superseding the high priest and priestess, for the...
The Grand Bahama Sand Bar, Churchill Beach, Grand Bahama Island

The Sand Bar After the Storm

This article was featured in Travel Thru History. My earlier story about “The Grand Bahama Sand Bar” in Freeport, Grand Bahama, described a great and friendly place where people from near...
Peruvian Totora reed raft

Totora Reed Raft of Peru

This article was featured in Travel Thru History. Traveling on the dry wind swept northern coast of Peru, beside splendid landscape, one finds interesting ways of how people make a...