Watery tombs

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The manner, in which the shamans in 1562 made human sacrifices to the 'idols' called the representations of the Maya God in the church, is described. It is described that the purpose of the blood sacrifice was done to appease an angry god, to balance the forces of nature, to beseech a higher power or to divine the future.

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Faking African art

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A discussion of the techniques of Malian terra-cottas and of the way they circumvented theremoluminescence tests by joining authentic fragments to forged ones. The forgers also studied books on West African terra cottas to learn about the genuine article.

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Only in Texas; the skinny on Stonehenge II

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Stonehenge II, a half-size replica of the well-known British monument located outside Hunt, Texas, is described and criticized as ridiculing the original Stonehenge.

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