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Painted Metaphors: Pottery and Politics of the Ancient Maya April 5, 2009 - Fall 2009 Around 700 C.E. Chamá and the other towns and villages along Guatemala’s Chixoy River were hubs of activity, crossroads of trade and pilgrimage, channeling the movement of people and ideas at the height of Maya civilization... Visit www.paintedmetaphors.org>>

Three Ancient Egyptian Mummies Visit the Hospital for CT Scans

PUM II and Hapi-Men, two of the ancient Egyptian mummies on display at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, have had their share of medical scrutiny: PUM II was both x-rayed and autopsied in 1973, while Hapi-Men underwent an x-ray in 1980. Read more...