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o la ngyoy stt th nerrkid boy, tisa surprise archaet wim sanders has ent s caer ree mtesa lookt that en. rens thecomics a poli of t societ wi d wster he has eedanbuilding but to hcoteoned sothing d ent. nd..soature, care lookat n't hareike a rd ? iprobably anotr o- ye thatng and tenter w a fficprobr a scientist.
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inhe wrien recor of tntytgy nursed ro wsu ie le sotis clearer piurofheeading betws romans bied at temple fort the goddess vests vea s e prottor t rom heart wiin her tpl rned re's l fle. ma brd ieclistr t rin ran religio bed:heult of the gdessesta s matained by pritees. know from roman leratur that these womer drawom t elite families of ro hey teis pthd y. they werchosenetween the agesabout 6 and 10, and they served in it r at least0 years.
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keach: priestesses were called stals. thiv ithhoesadjacent to e tp keach: priestesses to grdhe sacd flame. that theteesrtt shldvirg stir vnity,ere put toth.ie aunrg er anfr werriedli. acistoans scered an intrigng pte in the dat of the burials. inhoseea when roasvuerleo milit, eslsere eath ar n m, ofoue,case thatta wnclined be nauy but thatoesn'tse terrib. was der threat, it's much re likely
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tseccat agaithve tual dt sponse danr e e s . iny of ves tualwaens symbol dan t state perity. st as the mainnc of t virginity of e sts cobe used as way of explai roms ccs, so thes of vrginity could be a way of explaining me's flu, ro'sanges, keach:ry relion explainseople's fortun inrent w. iteasi foranthrogistto unded inncntociees that used into record their histy. ununaty,ew th ses ever ud wr unune id,w th ses li t may left mgerds th onlyreous deta e t si insiption in the preoluman new world
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is carved here oth hieroglyphic stairse in copan. but even thelyph stairs, gether with he oer maya script, offer butiny fractioof e hiory bthe roma. unlike theatin ofncnt e erphs of the are only now bei deched. e glyphsomnystrange supernas inteon hdreds of p foun maygres e glrtraysnystrange supernas hun-like create he hoove deeand e skin oa jr foun maygres herea man'body two, one huma onebe uawk ] the ma revce for is rsclecaedhrouout castancient work.
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d amg ose are ca at vanderbt iversity,isavid udevs erwet atketiy seeof t ant mayl thimery the vl. act olr was the bjt are the sene -- inhis case theame ofhe accpanyg figure wateaguar. e of e sentce is the name of title and of a place - lordf ib whatrchaeogists uld t decipher was the v that ccial par of snc thatig revl the relationship bethmyerious animals and the maya royalty.
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hetudied the msing lin thverb glyph, on a nbeof pot the jor pa is the logogram, a picture th stands for a complete word. is o wassuly divided into two halves. on the left, houstonought hs stands for a complete word. oruman face. on the rightas a patrnromught hs e of the animal paintings.word. it was pt of a jaguar. on the rightas a patrnromught hs e of the animal paintings.word. i wondered, in the crse of my research, go d methin atd keach: to the logram,ught hs e of the animal paintings.word. i wondered, in the crse of my research, the maya added phonetic sis, called complements ey stand not for whole words, but syllables. ny of thverb glyphs only one syllable, "wa." other pots had oy a co syllable, onounced "ya." but on some pots, houston found both,
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and from these he coaxed a word. orsogya writing, if you get two syllables alel tisiyl orsogya writing, asofur gph two syllables wand edspe finaa gato wr what way mig mn. ononlt wand edspe fithe ri of s mayanguagd refini in eh -- tole toream. uston: and in e yaanguage, ttsil, we even found a rd rived ay, wayajin,mesimaloni nimasfor.darnshams.
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ule nu?ua e canuis aspir clithlyediately you see through when you dam your amaspirit is wderi arouor and thmountain so,n mayps nse. n , is wderi ke teost the ncing jagu ithwa he lord of yaxchilan. ralarvings, the compann maya kings anns are show not as me anims, buwerful supernatur bng anthe ngled show omhe topf polianims,
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asransat cl mesri, thinutshmaorinth the office ofsay, religious onlong ago posthat h lot mo political pow, and, ey,ivsh. there ses eno reaferee tohea ng having much economirol withinities. ther, theiwer defed mo e surnural. una, theiwer defed e windowsinnt maya religi. onlyte afmaneemes thy glyph reals e anent beef n al p ofhesoul.
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t a loof nate worship, rship of sritu fces attrut to ral th -- m ani, pl. weadanthrogi rship of sritu fces ll, bay, folk cieties, small-al egalitariasocieties without any kind of ralized adiv olcid em egalitariasocieties forrazestns not only of politics of rn -- ryenhat nd of and bls thp,tain razed icigkeonotemen atesallyrule find..sible. beuserll, 'r pungs nd o u indsralizedtil relid prr owendse ee
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ligistio and y cano thug e olhavee whole procs fr littltr d lgamth the band thakack down to theittltrition agai [ won chng ] d lgamth the band thakack down acdition to theit ttateion agai [ won chng ] ch as royal mayaigioor offi, le withhe ste so how d treattritions evo le d cientil les manipulahe ltle tradions
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causth hthisof snabein they hav they alepositn cama ctactitm inede for e pul thbeora keh: in copan, the hieroglyph staircase anher tes gs t cen he state a i religion.t thinud s yond theopolis were ndobles. inonwaelite to withts niches d po. nehe cundofther n, vel leking thilthe le tharon did is nlen alsoveccess po? an,ster: it'just not ths ffene h dferent. an as u y, t aveis hea isnt. saand wer st intify the symbols d find outho r copan when templwas construcd.
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hen. oh d find outho r copan whenolllashas construcd. hen. ris om hations the acrop nders: ty' l d find outhowebsterye whenolllashas construcd. hen. very ne. ris om hations the acrop e that g ves sign.s the. wh?ththft ah e s thwhomout hefroo ? wh?ththft ah yeah. oh, th e s thwhomout but he g a tail atll rht. sun d ey e terchaeable day signs. th'rie so t ee th peatal, th yeah absoluly. looks like it's celesti ings her so m is an yb ituh y,beaufulief looks like it's celesti ings her ah. juors. keace ls descr bdideanda,
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ofriinme emurd sagsthmonunt ri the0sdudembexdis coo a point li this. in turroundi mountains, poals tl e yaan p bit nning t ontoheow of syol this ofhe large d stmposmoment in the copanis of iour co versk xplit abwhatthdi aboarro d esith fanceyelids ancheeks, the anima,or mons, and large te foreads thmo int ptare the mbolrighre. this one reads tun, stone.
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and this large sorofounded or crenulated ebw re, icmo. ton waporful eugh to build s owmade mounabbit he in the er t aolis to worsh his ancesrs rathkeh:ros dtthasay uth thssthat sat on p oft. thve was the room side. its doorwa is a ma m. tt ithe orld, the the ancest se on thrface the worldere the uauns,
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the skbes who hold the enon t srs. thheavens wereepseed the wor t skygon.uauns, t weswasign us as st tis t k inheoforni s ki pd littleradionofncr wohip toalidat s rule in palenque 18 rbit exploitedthe-oln overan shwhbbitod traat s rule in palenque hecilf rbit exploitedthe-oln ofiverse crran he wasthperfecot me te thatun w rise eas anto rning set each eveni,ge to me reran time atd aney a theirpinsuthispl s ngm wod os ace ri atd
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fris house to reliohiguusaesaoughchges hiorian maryea of mintereg thin that st ude indeisouse a a a stae hessta. givg an aitiome his o hou, a a a stae stasinclai thatasownother and posslypeting cen o hou, to state bhets tavene ulesarmlee slr. seranfentouanbeme the first bhets tavene ulesarmlee polileader
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