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12/24/11:*Capricorn New Moon - December  24, 2011 (Barbara Hand-Clow)
12/22/11:*Winter Solstice - December 22, 2011 (Barbara Hand-Clow)

12/01/11: *The Shift of the Ages (From the Director)
12/01/11: New Events!
12/01/11: Mexico glyphs don't predict apocalypse (News.Yahoo.com)
12/01/11: Lima uncovers 1,600-year-old stone complex (ChinaPost.com.tw)
12/01/11: Marcahuamachuco, the new Machu Picchu? (News.Yahoo.com)
12/01/11: Mexico archaeologists acknowledge 2nd Mayan reference to 2012 (SLTrib.com)
12/01/11: Alien skull in Peru (Inquistr.com)
12/01/11: The Mayan calendar has come to an end [Mayan underworld cycles]  (Carl Calleman)
12/01/11: The ninth wave continues after October 28, 2011 (Carl Calleman)
12/01/11: Peru archaeologists find pre-Inca sacrificed babies (BBC.co.uk)
12/01/11: Over 1,000-year-old Maya royal kitchen found in southeast Mexico (Monstersandcritics.com)
12/01/11: Monkey-shaped skull was sports gear for Mayan afterlife (LiveScience.com)
12/01/11: Famous Nasca lines of Peru at Risk (Popular-archaeology.com)
12/01/11: Work to uncover massive Mayan city begins (Allvoices.com)
12/01/11: Underneath Mexico City's bustle lie Aztec wonders (CSmonitor.com) 
12/01/11: Scientist uncover clues to how the classic Maya sustained their dense populations (Popular-archaeology.com)

11/26/11:*Sagittarius New Moon - November 25, 2011 (Barbara Hand-Clow)

11/01/11: *Anchoring the New Cosmic Grid (From the Director)
11/01/11: New Events!
11/01/11: 9,000-year-old tools found in Mexico (Latino.FoxNews.com)
11/01/11: Aztec platform discovered at Templo Mayor (HeritageDaily.com)
11/01/11: History of Peru Series: Part 10 - The Big Picture - 3500 BC to 500 AD (PeruvianTimes.com)
11/01/11: Researchers find Aztec temple platform in Mexico (video) (Latino.FoxNews.com)
11/01/11: Inca takeovers not usually hostile (ScienceNews.org)
11/01/11: Maya village buried by volcanic ash 1,400 years ago discovered (HeritageDaily.com)
11/01/11: Figures found during mural restoration in Mexico (LAHT.com)
11/01/11: Time running out for endangered sites in Mexico (SFGate.com)
11/01/11: How continents shaped human culture (PastHorizonsPR.com)
11/01/11: Food archaeologist gives new life to nearly extinct grains, veggies (AZcentral.com) 
11/01/11: Cannibalism confirmed among ancient Mexican group (NationalGeographic.com)

10/26/11:*Scorpio New Moon - October 26, 2011 (Barbara Hand-Clow)
10/14/11: What will the end of the Mayan calendar on Oct. 28, 2011 mean? (Carl Calleman)
10/14/11: The end of the Mayan calendar: solar flares and earth changes (Carl Calleman)

10/01/11:*Resisting the Dark, Embracing the Light (From the Director)
10/01/11: New Events!
10/01/11: Maya royal tombs found with rare woman ruler (NationalGeographic.com)
10/01/11: Mayan film documentary claims proof of aliens (Yahoo.com)
10/01/11: Defending a jungle kingdom (Archaeology.org)
10/01/11: Climatic fluctuations drove key events in human evolution (Eurekalert.org)
10/01/11: 1,400-year-old funeral chamber found in south Mexico (theStar.com)
10/01/11: 2,000-year-old palace discovered in Mexico (BioScholar.com)

09/27/11:*Libra  New Moon - Sept. 27, 2011 (Barbara Hand-Clow)
09/23/11:*Fall Equinox- September 23, 2011 (Barbara Hand-Clow)

09/01/11:*The Casino of the Gods (From the Director)
09/01/11:*Virgo New Moon - Aug. 28, 2011 (Barbara Hand-Clow)
09/01/11:*Cosmic Convergence (Carl Johann Calleman)
09/01/11: New Events!
09/01/11: Video: The Quickening (Keith Wyatt)
09/01/11: What the Mayan elders say about 2012 (Carlos Barrios)
09/01/11: 2011-2012 Starseed dialog and updates (Ken Carey)
09/01/11: Children found sacrificed in pre-Incan ritual (3News.co.nz)
09/01/11: Mexican archaeologists discover two partially mummified bodies in Chihuahua (ArchaeologyDaily.com)
09/01/11: Spectacular three-cat monolith unearthed in Mexico) (NationalGeographic.com)
09/01/11: Peruvian desert once a breadbasket (NewsDiscovery.com)

08/01/11:*Purified by the Light (From the Director)
08/01/11:*Leo New Moon - July 30, 2011 (Barbara Hand-Clow)
08/01/11: New Events!
08/01/11: Beginning of the 4th night of the 9th wave of the Mayan calendar (Carl Calleman)
08/01/11: Ancient sacrificer found with blades in Peru tomb? (NationalGeographic.com)
08/01/11: Mexican archaeologists find 2,800-year-old monument (LAHT.com)
08/01/11: 2500-year-old Peruvian fire was war! (PastHorizonsPR.com)
08/01/11: Fossils reveal that Maya people knew about prehistory (ArchaeologicalNews.com)
08/01/11: Pictures: Machu Picchu, before and after excavation (NationalGeographic.com)
08/01/11: Mexican anthropologists find evidence of cannibalistic tribe (Latino.FoxNews.com)
08/01/11: What was Machu Picchu for? Top five theories explained (NationalGeographic.com)
08/01/11: Found: Ancient Peruvian executioner's lost head (FoxNews.com)
08/01/11: Facsimile edition of Pre-Columbian manuscript published in Mexico (Latino.FoxNews.com)
08/01/11: Mexico finds two sculptures of Mayan warriors (Sci-tech-today.com)
08/01/11: Mexico unearths monolith of Aztec god (3News.co.nz)
08/01/11: Pre-Columbian Maya statues found at archaeological site in Mexico (DigitalJournal.com) 
08/01/11: 1,000 years of Mayan passions, intrigue, wars documented in discovered glyphs (Latino.FoxNews.com)
08/01/11: Researchers uncovering much more than monuments at anicent maya site of El Pilar (PopularArchaeology.com)
08/01/11: Ballgame player found at ceremonial centre of the Caxcan people (PastHorizonsPR.com)

07/01/11:*Cancer New Moon/Solar Eclipse - July 1, 2011 (Barbara Hand-Clow)

07/01/11:*The Impending Galactic Surge (From the Director)
07/01/11: Comets Honda and Elenin fulfill Mayan, Hopi and Christian prophesies (Carl Calleman)
07/01/11: Pictures: Blood red pyramid tomb revealed by tiny camera (NationalGeographic.com)
07/01/11: Mexican archaeologists uncover 9th-century cemetery (LAHT.com)
07/01/11: Camera looks inside ancient Mayan tomb (Time Magazine)
07/01/11: A massive early Maya center and a race against time (Popular-archaeology.com)
07/01/11: Ballplayer monolith found in Northern Mexico (LAHT.com)
07/01/11: Hundreds of Inca tombs discovered in Peru - video (BBC.co.uk)
07/01/11: Mexican archaeologists find ancient staircase at Tlatelolco, may confirm first building (Archaeologydaily.com)
07/01/11: Oldest known pyramid tomb in Central America continues to fascinate (Popular-archaeology.com)
07/01/11: New Mayan sites discovered in the Yucatan (PastHorizons.com)
07/01/11: Archaeologists find 120m tunnel leading to funeral chambers deep below ancient Mexican City (Dailymail.co.uk)

06/21/11:*2011 Summer Solstice - June  21, 2011 (Barbara Hand-Clow)

06/01/11:*Gemini New Moon - June 1, 2011 (Barbara Hand-Clow)

06/01/11:*Rapid Cycling: The Race to the Bottom (From the Director)
06/01/11: New Events!
06/01/11: Comet Elanin synchronized with Calleman Mayan calendar end date:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK21TCNZ5fI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afhmhfzjiho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVs7glXfXzM 
06/01/11: The third day of the ninth wave (universal underworld) and the world oneness revolution (Carl Calleman)
06/01/11: Ancient war revealed in discovery of Incan fortresses (livescience.com)
06/01/11: Tunnel found under temple in Mexico (Tulsaworld.com)
06/01/11: Mayan funerary offering found inside Mexican sinkhole cave (Latino.FoxNews.com)
06/01/11: Peru's mummy bundles (Archaeology.org)
06/01/11: Archaeologists uncovering ceremonial center of ancient pre-Incan Civilization in Ecuador (Popular-Archaeology.com)
06/01/11: Mayan archaeological sites, graves found in southeastern Mexico (Latino.FoxNews.com)
06/01/11: 440-year old docoument sheds new light on native population decline under Spanish colonial rule (Eurekalert.org)
06/01/11: Ancient cultures and prehistoric discoveries in Costa Rica (theCostaRicaNews.com)
06/01/11: Archaeology: Mystery of the Olmec (Time.com)
06/01/11: Guayabo monument in Costa Rica recognized globally (theCostaRicaNews.com)
06/01/11: Was there an ancient lost civilization in Cuba? (Examiner.com) 
06/01/11: History of Peru Series, Part 9: Metallurgy, Jewelry and Gold (PeruvianTimes.com)
06/01/11: Archaeologists discover stairway with Maya hieroglyphs in the Mexican state of Campeche (ArchaeologyDaily.com)

05/01/11:*Taurus New Moon - May 3, 2011 (Barbara Hand-Clow)

05/01/11:*The Cosmic Showdown (From the Director)
05/01/11: Maya archaeology: questions and answers (NYTimes.com)
05/01/11:  The meaning of words: New evidence of ancient Maya history (newswatch.nationalgeographic.com)
05/01/11: Lost city revealed under centuries of jungle growth (news.nationalgeographic.com)
05/01/11: Why ancient Mayan communities were "living on the edge" of what is now a massive wetland (Sciencedaily.com)
05/01/11: Maya collapse and modern society (NYTimes.com)
05/01/11: 12,000 year old textiles found in Peruvian cave (PastHorizons.com)
05/01/11: Maya mystery solved by important volcanic discovery? (news.nationalgeographic.com)
05/01/11: 3-D map of Guatemala's Head of Stone confirms size, location of ancient buildings (Physorg.com)
05/01/11: Archaeologists dig for secrets in Mexico tunnel (Google.com)
05/01/11: Maya jester god images revealed (USAtoday.com) 
05/01/11: How a jester god revealed oldest Mayan royal tomb (USAtoday.com)
05/01/11: Human skull found in flooded cave could be at least 10,000 years old (PastHorizons.com)
05/01/11: History of Peru series, Part 8: Ancient textiles (PeruvianTimes.com)

04/01/11:*Aries New Moon - April 3, 2011 (Barbara Hand-Clow)

04/01/11:*The Continuing Saga of 2012 Black Hole Events - Pt . 2: Nuclear Holocaust  (From the Director)
04/01/11: Maya farming on the edge (PastHorizons.com)
04/01/11:  Does a Guatemala lake contain Mayan treasure? (History.com)
04/01/11: Inca rebellion of 1536 - Archaeological video tour (PeruvianTimes.com)
04/01/11: Tacna: 37 pre-Inca tombs discovered in southern Peru (LivinginPeru.com)
04/01/11: Mexico's pyramids under stress (IOL.co.za)
04/01/11: Why slash apart a mummy? New research in Peru leaves archaeologists with ancient mystery (UnreportedHeritageNews.com)
04/01/11: Looters strip Latin America of archaeological heritage (Guardian.co.uk)
04/01/11: Collapes of Mayan civilization blamed on environmental damage (LAHT.com)
04/01/11: Early Maya building rituals (NYTimes.com)
04/01/11: Twenty years of archaeology at Blue Creek (PastHorizons.com) 
04/01/11: Looking back: Discovery in Vilcabamba - Last refuge of the Incas (PeruvianTimes.com)
04/01/11: Maya axes, and moles under the pyramid (NYTimes.com)
04/01/11: Why the discovery of the Lord of Vilcambamba changes everything (PeruvianTimes.com)

03/20/11:*2011 Spring Equinox - March 20, 2011 (Barbara Hand-Clow)

03/01/11:*Pisces New Moon - March 4, 2011 (Barbara Hand-Clow)
03/01/11: *The Continuing Saga of 2012 Black Hole Events (From the Director)
03/01/11: New Events!
03/01/11: The Mayan calendars and the nine+nine day count (Carl Johann Calleman)
03/01/11: Will the turmoil in the Arab world come to an end? [ Mayan calendar implications] (Carl Johann Calleman)
03/01/11: Mexico's struggle to stem looting of historic sites (bbc.co.uk)
03/01/11: Peru: Hidden treasures thought to pre-date Incas (video) (bbc.co.uk)
03/01/11: Peru: New archaeological find sheds light on pre-Inca Wari culture (LivinginPeru.com)
03/01/11: Archaeologists excavate large pit in Guatemala (NYTimes.com)
03/01/11: Maya kings and their ancestors (NYTimes.com)
03/01/11: The Maya archaeologists at Ceibal (NYTimes.com)
03/01/11: Excavating the origins of Maya civilization in Guatemala (NYTimes.com) 
03/01/11: Skull in underwater cave may be earliest trace of first Americans (NationalGeographic.com)
03/01/11: El Mirador, Guatemala - Saving the cradle of Mayan civilization (Guatemala-Times.com)
03/01/11: Catholic temples built on Teocallis give account of prehispanic urban planning (Archaeologydaily.com)
03/01/11: Ancient Mesoamerican sculpture uncovered in southern Mexico (ScienceDaily.com)
03/01/11: Maya ruler Pakal II may have had a second son (Pasthorizons.com)
03/01/11: Fourteen intact pre-Columbian tombs, temple found in northern Peru (LAHT.com)
03/01/11: New drought record from long-lived Mexican trees may illuminate fates of past civilizations (AGU.org)
03/01/11: Global warming uncovers corpses frozen in time (Treehugger.com)

02/01/11: *Chasing White Rabbit through the Looking Glass (From the Director)
02/01/11: New Events!
02/01/11: March 9, 2011 - Dawn of the Unity Wave (Carl Johann Calleman)
02/01/11:*Explanatory note for Feb. 11, 2011 and Mar. 9, 2011 Unity Wave discrepancies (Carl Johann Calleman)
02/01/11:*Aquarius New Moon - Feb. 2, 2011 (Barbara Hand-Clow)
02/01/11: The stone slab of Pacal placed on sarchophagus (INAH.gob.mx)
02/01/11: Mexico negotiates the temporary return of Moctezuma headdress (Pasthorizons.com)
02/01/11: The Lima culture and water (History of Peru series - part 7) (Peruviantimes.com)
02/01/11: 1,200-year-old royal tomb found in Peru (LAHT.com)
02/01/11: Archaeologist investigates drawings of prehispanic sites from the 17th century (Archaeologydaily.com)
02/01/11: Amazon once was home to advanced civilizations (NPR.org)
02/01/11: Pyramid that contains Maya tomb restored (INAH.gob.mx)
02/01/11: Findings reveal early occupation of Tepoztlan (Archeolog-home.com)
02/01/11: Total Station used to conduct 3D scan of prehispanic shaft tomb  (INAH.gob.mx)
02/01/11: Applied geophysics in Mexican archaeology (Pasthorizons.com)
02/01/11: Lost civilization seen in Zapotec thighbones (Wired.com)
02/01/11: Maya pools await diving explorers (USATODAY.com)
02/01/11: Mayan king's tomb discovered in Guatemala (USnews.com)

01/04/11:*Capricorn New Moon - Jan. 4, 2011  (Barbara Hand-Clow)
01/04/11:*Updated Maya prophecy from Carlos Barrios (Courtesy of Steve McFadden - chiron-communications.com)

01/01/11:*The Message of the Phoenix (From the Director)
01/01/11: Mayan king's tomb discovered in Guatemala (USnews.com)
01/01/11: Mexican archaeologists look back on a banner year (Latino.foxnews.com)
01/01/11: The purpose of Aztec blood rituals - Part 1   Part 2,  Part 3 (Archnews.co.uk)
01/01/11: Chilling child sacrifices found at prehistoric site (news.NationalGeographic.com)
01/01/11: Archaeozoology studies say canidae were bred in Teotihuacan with ritual purposes (Archaeologydaily.com)
01/01/11: Ancient citadel, metal artifact found in northern Peru (Andina.com.pe)
01/01/11: New museum to house Inca archaeological pieces (Archnews.co.uk)
01/01/11: Ancient Maya temples were giant loudspeakers? (news.NationalGeographic.com)
01/01/11: Maya ballgame area uncovered in Mexico (Archnews.co.uk)
01/01/11: Authenticity of Teotihuacan's Malinaltepec Mask verified (Archnews.co.uk)
01/01/11: Human bones found in Argentina more than 8,000 years old (Latino.foxnews.com)
01/01/11: Mexican archaeologists report finding prehispanic objects at Nevado de Toluca (Archaeologydaily.com)
01/01/11: Inequality drove ancient Peruvians to child sacrifice (Newscientist.com)
01/01/11: Archaeologists discover two more human skeletons accompanied by a rich offering at Chiapa de Corzo (Archaeologydaily.com)
01/01/11: Oldest mine in Americas found in Chile (news.smh.com.au)
01/01/11: Peru: sensational Inca find for British team in Andes (Guardian.co.uk)
01/01/11: 2,300-year-old Maya ruins destroyed for pastureland (Latino.foxnews.com)
01/01/11: Coca leaves first chewed 8,000 year ago (BBC.co.uk)
01/01/11: New archaeological findings at Sacsayhuaman, Cusco, Peru (LivinginPeru.com)

12/21/10:*2010 Winter Solstice - Dec. 21, 2010  (Barbara Hand-Clow)
12/21/10:*Gemini Eclipse (short reading) - Dec. 21, 2010  (Barbara Hand-Clow)