jueves, 18 de noviembre de 2010

NATURAL WONDERS



CENOTES
The cenotes, or underground rivers, are natural wonders created by water seepage through the limestone surface. They are a rich source of crystalline water and may be found only in the Yucatan Peninsula, Florida and the island of Cuba. The Maya considered these, the 'sacred sinkholes and endowed by the gods. His name for them is dzonot in Maya. 

reference to the Maya use of the cenotes were sacred places and sacrifice in their complex cosmology. It is a legend that is sacrificed maidens, throwing them into the water, dressed in fine clothes and jewels experts corroborated through a process of analysis of the bones (osteotafonómico), most of the remains found by archaeologists and divers were in Children 11 years and adult males. Generally, such remains are rituals such as cutting marks to disrupt or fleshing, burned bones and skinning marks. However, some historians and archaeologists say they also found bones of children and the elderly.

miércoles, 10 de noviembre de 2010

A TOUR FOR LONDON


London is the capital and the largest city in the United Kingdom. It is located the roman founded it almost 2000 years ago. London is famous for its museums, performing arts, and its historical places.
This is a list of places that you can visit:

The tower of London, it is an ancient fortress in London. It was a royal residence en the middle Ages and later became a prison for illustrious people, like Anne Boleyn and Queen Elizabeth, today; you can see the crown Jewels.

Also have Madame Tussaud’s Museum, was a French Lady who opened it in 1835, she made historical figures in wax.
Buckingham palace. The duke of Buckingham built this place in 1703. Queen Victoria made it the official residence of the monarch. It has about 600 rooms.
The houses of parliament. Charles Barry builds this new building from 1840 to 1860. It is the place of the British legislature.