Black Mayans Painted On Mural In Guatemalan Cave
Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/120510-maya-2012-doomsday-calendar-end-of-world-science SKIP TO CONTENT LOGIN SUBSCRIBE PHOTOGRAPH BY TYRONE TURNER, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Unprecedented Maya Mural Found, Contradicts 2012 “Doomsday” Myth Under the Guatemalan jungle, 1,200-year-old paintings like no others.…
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