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  2. Antiquities returning to Mexico include Mayan vase sold for ...

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    The Mexican government will welcome back 20 cultural artifacts that date to the country's storied ancient past, all found in the United States including a Mayan vase over 1,000 years old and ...

  3. Maya civilization - Wikipedia

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    The Maya civilization developed in the Maya Region, an area that today comprises southeastern Mexico, all of Guatemala and Belize, and the western portions of Honduras and El Salvador. It includes the northern lowlands of the Yucatán Peninsula and the Guatemalan Highlands of the Sierra Madre , the Mexican state of Chiapas , southern Guatemala ...

  4. Thrift store shopper bought an ‘old-ish’ vase for $3.99. It ...

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    It turned out to be a priceless 2,000-year-old Mayan artifact. Katie Hawkinson. June 19, 2024 at 1:52 PM. ... USA TODAY. Los Angeles TV anchor Chauncy Glover's cause of death revealed.

  5. List of Maya sites - Wikipedia

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    The peoples and cultures which comprised the Maya civilization spanned more than 2,500 years of Mesoamerican history, in the Maya Region of southern Mesoamerica, which incorporates the present-day nations of Guatemala and Belize, much of Honduras and El Salvador, and the southeastern states of Mexico from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec eastwards, including the entire Yucatán Peninsula.

  6. History of libraries in Latin America - Wikipedia

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    Due to the lack of widespread Spanish literacy, most printed items were stored in the library of the university of Mexico City or in the private libraries of clergy, noblemen, and government officials. [15] In 1646 the oldest public library in Americas, Biblioteca Palafoxiana, was established in the Mexican state of Puebla. [16]

  7. State Library of Ohio - Wikipedia

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    The board members are appointed by the State Board of Education and each member serves a five-year term of office. Under the Ohio Revised Code, section 3375.01, the State Library Board is responsible for the State Library of Ohio and a statewide program of development and coordination of library services. [3]

  8. Ancient walls — that served as ‘Google Maps’ for the Mayans ...

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    The archaeology project, which began in January 2023, has recovered 218 bags worth of ceramic pieces, three of metates (a stone used to grind grain or cocoa), two flint knives and many other ...

  9. William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library - Wikipedia

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    When The Ohio State University opened in 1873, the library was located on the first floor of University Hall. In 1884, it was moved to the building's third floor, and in 1893 it was moved to the newly constructed Orton Hall. As early as 1897, university librarians voiced their need for a dedicated library building, and this eventually resulted ...