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Visits to Museo de Antropología e Historia, Mérida, Yucatan, México, January 10-11, 2009
or visit: Around Mérida - Mérida Dancers - IBS People - Celestún - Chichén Itzá - Mérida Zoo

The museum is in the Canton Palace - Paseo de Montejo, Mérida, Yucatan, México	Canton Palace	Exhibits at Mérida's regional Museum of Anthropology include a Chacmol from Chichén Itzá, a jaguar throne from Uxmal, funerory offerings, pottery and figurines, from the Mayan inhabitants of the Yucatan peninsula. A few of the artifacts were imported by the Mayans from other regions.
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The Mayans were among the few early cultures that had a concept of zero, which is important for mathematical calculations.	Image Caption	Codices - also see Writing > Maya > Codices here
The Mayans had an amazing system of writing. - A great website on Mayans explains the system of glyphs in a downloadable pdf "Glyph Guide." Here is another useful Mayan website.	Image Caption	Image Caption
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