Today Mark Van Stone talks about the Ancient Maya Blood Sacrifices and explains, with some very thought-provoking examples, that the ancient sacrifices were not all that different to the human sacrifices we make everyday.
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Prof. Mark Van Stone
Professor Mark Van Stone has a degree in Physics and began his academic work in the gamma-ray astronomy laboratory at the University of New Hampshire until his interest in ancient Hieroglyphs took centre stage.
He began studying the art and history of written forms about 40 years ago. He started with Celtic manuscripts such as the 7th/8th- century Books of Kells and Lindisfarne. Progressing to Roman and Greek inscriptions, and to Egyptian hieroglyphs. Later, living in Japan he studied Netsuke carving and calligraphy. His PhD is on Maya Hieroglyphs.
Dr. Van Stone combines a rare general understanding of all ancient scripts, but especially the Maya hieroglyphs, with an even rarer ability to write them, not just read them. In addition, with his physics background he is able to understand and appreciate the planetary aspects of the 2012 stories.
His website is http://markvanstone.com/
Video #14 in our Maya Month video series presented by Prof Mark Van Stone. We are introduced to the ancient Mayan city of Copan, its people, buildings, and monuments
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Maybe it’s just me but I REALLY loved this Maya Month video #13 where Mark Van Stone actually demonstrates how to write some Maya hieroglyphs & then say them
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Video #12 in our Maya Month – only runs 3:06 minutes. Van Stone shows & tells us about an ancient Maya surgical tool for heart-removal and shows us beautiful little Maya figurines which were musical instruments
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Number 11 of our Maya Month Video only 3:41 mins. – Today Prof Van Stone answers the question, “Were the Maya on Drugs?” Short video on Maya hallucinogenics including the Australian connection to the Maya drug of choice
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Short (4.23) video in our Maya Month series from Mark Van Stone in which he answers just one very important question – “Who are the Maya?” As always his answer is extremely informative with lessons for us today.
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This is the last of the 8 videos from the slide-lecture series. It’s only short and is mainly Q & A with some very interesting pieces coming out, as usual. Tomorrow the Maya month continues with daily stand-alone talks.
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Video 7 of the 8 part slide-lecture. Van Stone talks about male and female myths, ceremonies, carvings, and the tree ceremony with the four cardinal directions of the tree – Plus the amazing Voladare Flyers. A short video 7. 44 mins
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Day 7 of our Maya video series and today Mark Van Stone shows slides of the planets and where the Sun will be on December 21st, 2012 in relation to the Galactic Alignment Plus some glyphs showing the alignment and date
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Today Prof. Van Stones tells us about the Mayan Paddler gods, 3 stones of creation, and how these Mayan messages are worked out in the first place
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In today’s video we learn that corn, a tree, and the King all represented the connection between heaven and earth. Corn was so highly prized that babies skulls were deformed to make them look more like the top of an ear of corn.
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These videos keep getting better & better. In this 4th video Prof Van Stone explains the prophecies on the Palenque Temple, talks about ancient number systems & the evidence that the Maya never expected the world to end at this time.
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In today’s video Prof Van Stone actually shows us how to read some of the Maya glyphs as seen on the Tortuguero Monument 6 & reads from the book of Chilam Balam – as we follow on the slide
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Day 2 of our 2012 & Mayan Calendar February video series from Dr Mark Van Stone. Van Stone introduces us to the Calendar, what we erroneously fear and what is more accurate.
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First day of this very special Free video series on the Maya, the Mayan Calendar and 2012, Maya culture, Maya hieroglyphs, and what they said and what the Maya did NOT say. Today is a 5 minutes introduction to Prof Van Stone and a 3 minute video in which he gives his position on the Mayan Calendar stories.
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Commencing next Wednesday & each day throughout February, your RLC magazine will publish a special NO-COST video series of short talks on the Mayan Calendar, Maya Culture, & most importantly what they really tell us about 2012. These videos will be in addition to the article of the day – Share this exciting news with your friends
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In these 3 videos, Prof Mark van Stone is interviewed by Dr Carl Calleman about 2012 & the Mayan Calendar. He explains how to read the glyphs & tells us that the only thing that the Maya really predicted for around this time was that Bolon Yokte would decend and get dressed for a big ceremony.
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