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Journalists wait by the pylon and remaining obelisk at the entrance of the Temple of Luxor (built around 1400 BC) in Egypt's southern city of Luxor, before the start of an official ceremony opening the "Rams Road". IMAGES
The Egyptian Minister of Antiquities revealed that two sarcophagi which date back over 3,000 years had been discovered in a tomb located in Luxor.
Quito, Aug 17 (EFE).- (Camera: Juan Francisco Chávez) The new secretary of Human Rights of Ecuador Bernarda Ordóñez stressed the importance of curbing teenage pregnancies in the country with the most underage mothers of the region."Over 3,000 girls under 14 in Ecuador are becoming mothers every year," she told Efe during an interview.FOOTAGE OF SCHOOL STUDENTS AND BERNARDA ORDÓÑEZ, SECRETARY OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF ECUADOR
Barcelona, Mar 25 (EFE), (Camera: EFE).- After 15 years of excavations, the archaeological mission of the Egyptian Museum of Barcelona has finally discovered part of the temple of Ptolemy I in the el-Kom el-Ahmar site in a joint mission with the University of Tübingen. FOOTAGE OF ONE OF THE PARTS FOUND DURING EXCAVATIONS
With traditional war paint and outfits worn by the ancient sportsmen of Central America, two teams stepped foot onto sacred ground to compete in one of the oldest known sports on record. Teams from Mexico and Belize gathered in the pre-Hispanic city of Teotihuacan last weekend, to play a modern variation of a pre-historic Mesoamerican ballgame called Ulama, a sport played by the ancient Maya and Aztecs where the ultimate prize was on the line - the lives of the competitors. The game is played with a rubber ball weighing around four and a half pounds, while the teams consist of four players each who are only allowed to move the ball using their hips. The object of the game is to keep the ball in play and in the limits of the field. Players drop down onto the ground and swing their hips toward the ball to keep it moving. The ancient game was known as Ullamaliztli by the Aztecs and called Ulama in colloquial Spanish after the conquistadors emerged victorious over the Aztecs. It is thought to have been invented in between 2500-100 BC and was an important part of daily Mayan and Aztec life. It was played across Central America before being forbidden by the Spanish conquistadors, after which the exact rules of Ulama were forgotten. However, this ancient sport hides a dark past. The ballgame was associated with a ritual to certain Mayan gods. After the game was over, the captain of the losing team, or even the entire losing team, were sometimes sacrificed to the gods, often by decapitation. However, the revival of this ancient sport is a proud moment for the descendants of the ancient Mesoamerican cultures.
Archaeologists have unearthed parts of an ancient mausoleum believed to be more than 3,000 years old in Kazakhstan. The mysterious structure was thought to have been shaped like a pyramid. Experts from the Karaganda State University Saryarka Archaeology Institute were working on exposing more of the structure and bringing their discovery to the world.
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