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Apocalypse no: how almost everything we thought we knew about the Maya is wrong ⊕

found 2026 › Feb › 12 (Thu) @ 05:15 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

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For many years the prevailing debate about the Maya centred upon why their civilisation collapsed. Now, many scholars are asking: how did the Maya survive?

As a seven-year-old, Francisco Estrada-Belli…