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by Rich Peterson Tourism: Mexico’s Ministry of Tourism projects 52 million visitors in 2012. The Tourism Ministry expects a boost from interest in the end of the 13th b’ak’tun of the Mayan Long Count...
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How the Maya Controlled Their Destiny through Astronomy ©
Chichen itza editor’s note: The following article is the work of a new People’s Guide contributor, Jeanine Kitchel, who writes about Mexico, the Maya, and the Yucatan. In this year of the Maya, the...
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Book Review: Maya 2012 Revealed: Demystifying the Prophecy
The Mexican Government is predicting that the coming Maya apocalypse will create a tourism boom of 52 million visitors. The state is building a new hotel at Calakmul to deal with the influx, and...
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What did the Equinox and Solstice Signify to the Maya? ©
By Jeanine Kitchel Chichen Itza Equinox Celebrationphoto by Bill Bell The Maya punched numbers and astronomical calculations that could make our heads swim, but nothing had more meaning to them than...
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Seriously? Mayan Pyramid Used for Road Filler
The BBC and Smithsonian.com report that a large Mayan pyramid in Belize was destroyed by a construction company that used the rocks as filler for building a road. The temple was part of Noh Mul, a...
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Book Review: Western Mexico: A Traveler’s Treasury
From the shores of Lake Patzcuaro to the cloud forest of Manatatlán to the mines of Zacatecas, Western Mexico: A Traveler’s Treasury takes the armchair traveler on a tour of western Mexico’s treasures,...
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Books about the Mayans
After reading Mayan Backroads, and John Doran’s recommended books, I was inspired to go back into The People’s Guide to Mexico’s original website and update some of the books that Carl and others had...
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Bucket List: Oaxaca’s Cueva Cheve
The other day I was sitting comfortably by the wood stove when my lovely assistant Rich appeared brandishing a small slip of paper: He flipped it over to show me the back, which bore the cryptic...
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by Rich Peterson Tourism: Mexico’s Ministry of Tourism projects 52 million visitors in 2012. The Tourism Ministry expects a boost from interest in the end of the 13th b’ak’tun of the Mayan Long Count...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.
How the Maya Controlled Their Destiny through Astronomy ©
Chichen itza editor’s note: The following article is the work of a new People’s Guide contributor, Jeanine Kitchel, who writes about Mexico, the Maya, and the Yucatan. In this year of the Maya, the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Book Review: Maya 2012 Revealed: Demystifying the Prophecy
The Mexican Government is predicting that the coming Maya apocalypse will create a tourism boom of 52 million visitors. The state is building a new hotel at Calakmul to deal with the influx, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What did the Equinox and Solstice Signify to the Maya? ©
By Jeanine Kitchel Chichen Itza Equinox Celebrationphoto by Bill Bell The Maya punched numbers and astronomical calculations that could make our heads swim, but nothing had more meaning to them than...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Seriously? Mayan Pyramid Used for Road Filler
The BBC and Smithsonian.com report that a large Mayan pyramid in Belize was destroyed by a construction company that used the rocks as filler for building a road. The temple was part of Noh Mul, a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Book Review: Western Mexico: A Traveler's Treasury
From the shores of Lake Patzcuaro to the cloud forest of Manatatlán to the mines of Zacatecas, Western Mexico: A Traveler’s Treasury takes the armchair traveler on a tour of western Mexico’s treasures,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Books about the Mayans
After reading Mayan Backroads, and John Doran’s recommended books, I was inspired to go back into The People’s Guide to Mexico’s original website and update some of the books that Carl and others had...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bucket List: Oaxaca's Cueva Cheve
The other day I was sitting comfortably by the wood stove when my lovely assistant Rich appeared brandishing a small slip of paper: He flipped it over to show me the back, which bore the cryptic...
View ArticleNoticias
by Rich Peterson Tourism: Mexico’s Ministry of Tourism projects 52 million visitors in 2012. The Tourism Ministry expects a boost from interest in the end of the 13th b’ak’tun of the Mayan Long Count...
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