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.
Publication Name: Archaeology
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0003-8113
Year: 2005
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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.
Publication Name: Archaeology
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0003-8113
Year: 2001
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