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Casts of monuments preserve fading treasures

The carved stone monolith tells the story of Yax Pasaj Chan Yopaat, the 16th and last ruler of the Maya city of Copan, one of the most important sites in Maya history. Created by stone carvers more...

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Harvard researchers head south to preserve ancient inscriptions

Researchers from the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology are preparing to head into the Central American rain forest to begin an ambitious, multiyear project to scan and digitize fading Maya...

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Apocalypse now? Hardly

Goodbye, cruel world. With a mere 22 days left in the Mayan calendar — pinpointing our worldly demise on Dec. 21 — we should all be getting things straight in our own lives, cautions David Carrasco. He...

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Casts of monuments preserve fading treasures

The carved stone monolith tells the story of Yax Pasaj Chan Yopaat, the 16th and last ruler of the Maya city of Copan, one of the most important sites in Maya history. Created by stone carvers more...

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Harvard researchers head south to preserve ancient inscriptions

Researchers from the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology are preparing to head into the Central American rain forest to begin an ambitious, multiyear project to scan and digitize fading Maya...

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Apocalypse now? Hardly

Goodbye, cruel world. With a mere 22 days left in the Mayan calendar — pinpointing our worldly demise on Dec. 21 — we should all be getting things straight in our own lives, cautions David Carrasco....

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