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New Findings Shatter Old Mayan Theories

Decades of local disasters slowly undermined their cities

By Drew Nelles,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 23, 2008 6:59 PM CDT

(Newser) – Some experts want to drain Mayan history of its high drama—the sudden collapse, and desperate migration—to tell a longer, slower story, USA Today reports. Classic history claims that Mayan cities imploded quickly around 900 AD, and their people trekked north to colonize in...   Read full story »

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