Maya Mehrara is a News Reporter at Newsweek based in London, U.K.. Her focus is reporting on international news. She has covered Ukraine, Russia, immigration issues, and the revolution in Iran.
The Maya civilisation lasted a long time. In Britain at this time, Stonehenge was constructed, the Romans invaded, and the Tudors ruled England. Image caption, Maya people were very clever.
Settlers in eastern Europe sought to control overland communications to and from Asia. The Maya traded chocolate for turquoise from New Mexico, and gold came to Meso-America from Panama and/or ...
The stone is difficult to cut and is often made into cabochons and shaped and polished rather than faceted. The Olmecs, Maya and Aztecs of meso-America valued jadeite more than gold and carved ...