MEC Research
Online Publications
This is where you will find publications not directly related to MEC's current and past research, written by our research associates and others who have submitted their work to MEC for publication.
Palenque Mapping Project
The data gathered during the project has to date resulted in the creation of what has been described as the most accurate and detailed map of maya ruins ever made.
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Angkor, Zenith Passage and the Ancient Khmer Kingdom, Cambodia
This 9-day tour will bring you to the ancient Khmer Kingdom of Angkor during Zenith Passage - the moment when the Sun crosses the perfect center of the sky. At that moment, bright shafts of light beam down into the dark interiors of their temples. Details
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For academic institutions and organizations. MEC lectures on ancient culture and archaeology for campus event centers and unions offers a variety of public academic presentations for university and college campuses.
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Maya to Aztec: Ancient Mesoamerica Revealed
Five hundred years ago, Spanish conquistadors searching for gold and new lands to settle stumbled on a group of independent city-states in Mesoamerica, a region extending for more than a thousand miles from the desert of northern Mexico to the rain forest of Central America.
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