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Dear Friends and Supporters,
We have had an exceptional year in the progress and impact we are having
to save endangered archaeological and heritage sites, and building new
economies for some of the world’s poorest communities.
Please Join the GHF Conservation Society and help us preserve our
heritage and transform lives. See the new GHF website which has
amazing new CNN, BBC and Fox videos and the latest on GHF’s work.
From all of us at GHF, the happiest of holidays to you!
Jeff Morgan, Executive Director
GHF Mirador
One of Top Ten Discoveries in
2009- Archaeology Magazine
While investigating the water collection system at the city of El Mirador in northern Guatemala’s Petén rain forest, a team of archaeologists led by Richard Hansen of Idaho State University uncovered a sculptural panel with one of the earliest depictions of the Maya creation story, the Popol Vuh. “It was like finding the Mona Lisa in the sewage system,” says Hansen. The plaster panel dates to approximately 200 B.C. and depicts the mythical hero twins, Hunaphu and Xbalanque, swimming into the underworld to retrieve the decapitated head of their father...
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Newest GHF Project
Ciudad Perdida, Colombia
GHF is pleased to announce its latest project at the site of Ciudad Perdida in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of northern Colombia in partnership with the Colombian Institute for Anthropology and History (ICANH), Organization Gonawindua Tayrona (OGT) and the Ministry of Culture. This project will focus on planning, scientific conservation, community development and strategic partnerships for the sustainable preservation of Ciudad Perdida National Archaeological Park and other surrounding Tayrona Civilization sites, and the protection of the rich cultural heritage of the indigenous communities of the Sierra.
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