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A new analysis of artwork left behind by the enigmatic inhabitants of the abandoned Mesoamerican city Teotihuacan suggests the colorful pictures and shapes may constitute a rudimentary language that ultimately evolved into the language of the Aztecs.If the team of researchers behind the discovery can successfully decipher the "lost language," they believe it could offer clues about the identity of Teotihuacan's builders and the reasons they abandoned the once thriving metropolis...Previous excavations and decades of research have determined that Teotihuacan was founded sometime around 100 AD. Researchers have also determined that the massive complex of buildings and roadways likely supported...

Discover the untold story of Quivira—a thriving Native American civilization of over 200,000 people in the heart of the Great Plains. Once a hub of trade, culture, and innovation, Quivira challenges everything we thought we knew about pre-Columbian America. Learn how archaeologists uncovered this lost nation, its advanced society, and its tragic decline. Don't miss this fascinating journey into the hidden history of North America!Wichita State Professor Uncovers Forgotten Native Nation | 7:47Documentify TV | 4.06K subscribers | 12,075 views | November 28, 2024

The map shows the land holdings and geneology of a family in central Mexico. It covers an area that runs from just north of Mexico City to just below Puebla, roughly 100 miles away to the southeast. The family, identified as “de Leon,” traced their lineage to the red figure seated in the middle of the image above, who was known as Lord-11 Quetzalecatzin. A century before the map was made, he was the major political leader of the region writes John Hessler, curator of the Jay I. Kislak Collection of the Archaeology of the Early Americas at the Library...

Officials: Inmates use code to call for drugs, guns The State Corrections Department in Santa Fe said prisoners are using the Aztec language to build a new empire inside prison walls. Capt. Joel Lytle said inmates have used the Aztec language, called Nahuatl, to communicate among each other. His staff recently confiscated a letter written in the Aztec language and translated it. Lytle said the letter sparked an investigation because it said a lot, and 30 inmates are currently being investigated for possibly trying to start a gang inside the prison. "If numbers of the gang members increase, then violence...

Created under the orders of Bernardino de Sahagun by 20 tlacuilos or painters and 4 Indigenous masters, Florentine Codex is one of the greatest expressions of the Renascence in America. Bilingual and bicultural, this ancient encyclopedia was written in two columns, one in Nahuatl and the other in Spanish as a summary, and is integrated by 4,000 handwritten pages with 2,686 colored images; each book has a prologue where Sahagun places the work in its dimension and time. Restorer Diana Magaloni had access to the original document at the Laurentian Library (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana) in Florence, Italy, to deepen research:...

Guys this is a propaganda piece from the California Charter Schools Association in support of Marcus Aguilar and his school. It was released on June 7, 2006 and it flew under the radar. Since I like taking news that have been thrown in the garbage, I thought I would share it with you. What is interesting is the press release are filled with lies and it tries to promote Mr. Aguilar and the make up of the school itself. This "press release also tries to blame us(even though it does not name us) for the dissiminating bad information and inflammantory...

As Academia Semillas del Pueblo holds an open house, supporters deny criticism that the campus promotes a separatist agenda. Academia Semillas del Pueblo, a charter elementary school in El Sereno, held an open house Thursday, ... and defended the school against charges that it was teaching a separatist racial agenda and was lagging in student achievement. Controversy surrounding Semillas del Pueblo exploded on talk radio and the conservative Internet blogosphere last week after assertions were made that the school enrolled only Latinos and was instructing students in Nahuatl, a native language of Mexico. ... The district, which approved the school's...