Ancient civilizations
Collected materials and some original essays on Ancient civilizations
Please feel free to send me questions, suggestions, wishes and critics (genry_joil@lost-civilizations.net)
| / | Inca (most meterials from Ellie Crystal) |
| | | Pre-Inca Civilization - Tiahuanaco, was the capital of the Pre-Inca Civilization.. |
| | | Tiahuanaco and the Deluge - By Helmut Zettl. |
| | | Inca Civilization - Inca can be spelled Inka and was known as Tiwantinsuya.. |
| | | Inca Ruins - Cuzco, the capital of the Incan empire, was built out of stone and adorned
with gold.. |
| | | Lake Titicaca - Lake Titicaca is the world's highest lake navigable to large vessels.. |
| | | Inca Prophecies - Prophecies of the Q'ero Incan Shamans. |
| | | Machu Picchu - Built by the Incas on the summit of "Machu Picchu" (Old Peak), overlooking the deep canyon of the Urubamba river in a semi-tropical area 120 Km. |
| | | Inca pyramids in Peru - Peru is a spiritual land where pyramids can be found.. |
| | | Nazca Lines - Stretching across the Nazca plains - like a giant map or blueprint left by
ancient astronauts, lie the famous Nazca Lines of Peru. |
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| / | Maya (most info from Ellie Crystal) |
| | | Mayan history - The Maya are probably the best-known of the classical civilizations of
Mesoamerica.. |
| | | Mayan society - The Mayan civilization was not one unified empire, but rather a multitude
of separate entities with a common cultural background.. |
| | | Mayan Writing ~ Codices - The Mayans evolved the only true written system native to the Americas and were masters of mathematics.. |
| | | Mayan Geography - The ancient Maya civilization occupied the eastern third of Mesoamerica, primarily the Yucatan Peninsula.. |
| | | Mayan religion - Popol Vuh - Religious ritual was elaborate and imposing, with frequent festival occasions in honour of the gods.. |
| | | Mayan art - Limestone structures, faced with lime stucco, were the hallmark of ancient
Maya architecture.. |
| | | Mayan Astronomy - The Maya were quite accomplished astronomers.. |
| | | Mayan calendar and prophecies - The Maya kept time with a combination of several cycles that meshed together to mark the movement of the sun, moon and Venus.. |
| | | Mayan Gods - The ancient Maya had a complex pantheon of deities whom they worshipped and offered human sacrifices.. |
| | | Mayan Pyramids in Mexico - Teotihuacan - Deep within the jungles of Mexico and Guatemala and extending into the limestone shelf of the Yucatan peninsula lie the mysterious temples and pyramids of the Maya.. |
| | | Mayan Pyramids of Chichen Itza - Chitchen Itza Pyramids and Temples. |
| / | Phoenicians
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| | | Phoenicians overview - From 1200 to 800 B.C. the Semitic-speaking Phoenicians lived and prospered on the Mediterranean coast north of Palestine.. |
| | | Phoenicians history - another overview, Phoenicians history lebanon middle east Phoenicia Arabic arabs. |
| / | Scythians
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| | | The Scythians - High Plains Drifters (Chris Bennet, Cannabis Canada :) |
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