People of the clouds: their names live on for eternity.(Zapotec people)

Dig | May 1, 2007| | Copyright

They had names like 5 Death, 8 Earthquake, and 6 Winged Insect, and their memory lived on for centuries after they had died and turned into flying turtles living in the clouds. They were the revered ancestors of Zapotec royalty--their names carved in stone for eternity.

Descendants of the early Zapotec people still live in southern Mexico, mainly in the state of Oaxaca. In ancient times, beginning as long ago as 1150 B.C., they created one of Mesoamerica's greatest civilizations. Their mountaintop capital, Monte Alban, was one of the Americas' first cities. It had ...

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