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  • Scientists Suggest Columbus' Caribbean Cannibals Might Be True

    10/12/2020 4:24:14 PM PDT · by Jan_Sobieski · 49 replies
    Ancient Origins ^ | 12 Jan 2020 | Ashley Cowie
    A new study of ancient Caribbean skulls suggests Christopher Columbus' accounts of fierce raiders abducting women and cannibalizing men ‘might’ be true. In 1492, under orders from King Ferdinand of Spain, famed Italian explorer Christopher Columbus ‘discovered’ the New World of the Americas while trying to find a new route to India and has been both credited and blamed for having opened up the Americas for European colonization. Columbus' accounts of the Caribbean include gory descriptions of fierce cannibals abducting and abusing women and eating men, and while most historians have regarded these stories as figments of Columbus’ imagination, a...
  • Caribs fight to cling to roots

    04/03/2006 2:56:48 PM PDT · by twippo · 12 replies · 392+ views
    Sun-Sentinel ^ | April 2, 2006 | Doreen Hemlock
    Arima · Seated at a table under a traditional Carib Indian thatch roof, cousins Jason Calderon and Rosa Bharath are busy hot-gluing sequins on decorations for Carnival, listening to pop music on the radio while clad in the latest teen fashions: hip T-shirts, knockoff adidas shoes and earrings that look like diamonds.