Author: K. Kris Hirst
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Published Tue 24 of Nov, 2020 08:00 EST
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(5911 Reads)
Students at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York state discovered that this 15th-century manuscript is an example of a palimpsest: the parchment pages hide a second, earlier text beneath its illustrations.
Author: K. Kris Hirst
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Published Fri 30 of Oct, 2020 09:30 EDT
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(8400 Reads)
The Great Plaza at Tikal, located in the Peten peninsula of Guatemala and pictured here, was used as a source of runoff water by the Maya residents, part of a massive water control management system used for 1,500 years. Photo credit: Ed Nellis.
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