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To: SunkenCiv; blam; bert

http://www.philipcoppens.com/nap_art5.html

Might need a little grain of salt, but it’s the only website that provides any detail worth the read:

“...According to translations of ancient Nahuatl, Cuicuilco can be interpreted as the “place of prayer” or the “place of the rainbow”. Cuicuilco was as a farming village, built up around the ceremonial centre that contained the pyramid. Population at the city’s peak is estimated at an impressive 20,000 people.
Cuicuilco is, as mentioned, recognised as the oldest known civilisation of central highland Mesoamerica...”


23 posted on 01/19/2008 2:45:36 PM PST by Fred Nerks (FAIR DINKUM!)
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To: Fred Nerks

Another pyramid book..... At Blam’s recommendation i bought Voyages of the the Pyramid Builders

I’ll start it next week on my winter vacation.

This one looks pretty good.


25 posted on 01/19/2008 3:06:48 PM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Moveon is not us...... Moveon is the enemy)
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