Top Articles: This Week A Year Ago

The best AO articles from the same week last year.... [View web version]( [Premium Discounts]( | [Contact](mailto:info@ancient-origins.net?subject=Top%205%20last%20year%20message) [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( New Discovery Suggests That Maya Elites Danced Wearing As Much As 25 Pounds of Jade Jewelry --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- A five-pound jade head pendant has been found at Ucanal, an archaeological site in what was once the Maya city of K’anwitznal. The massive jade pendant, the heaviest of its kind ever found, once hung off of the belt of a Maya elite while he danced. It is believed that this is... [Read more...]( The Tragedies that Befell the Five Civilized Tribes that were Forced to Trek the Trail of Tears --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- The Five Civilized Tribes of the American Southeast tried to assimilate into the European settlers’ society to keep their lands. But the outsiders who coveted their territory didn’t seem to care if the Indians were civilized, and eventually forced them to take the disastrous... [Read more...]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Have Experts Finally Located the Wreck of Cook’s Ship HMS Endeavour? --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Marine archaeologists are about to announce that they have solved one of the greatest maritime mysteries of all time. They believe that they have finally discovered the wreck of HMS Endeavour, the ship that the legendary explorer James Cook... [Read more...]( Creek Tribes Were Decimated by Disease but Thrived Through Skin Trade --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- The Native American Creek (Muscogee) tribes of the Southeast were actually an allied nation that came into existence in relatively recent history so they would be united in peace. The Creek included many of the native people of... [Read more...]( You Might Like [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( You have received this email because you have subscribed to [Ancient-Origins.net](. Copyright © 2019 [Stella Novus Limited]( - [Ancient Origins]( [Unsubscribe Here](