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Bloody Maya Rituals Exterminated Large Mammals It is a matter of status in Yemen to wear a dagger with rhino horn made handle, or to afford chewing tiger bone penis in China. These customs have put on the brink of extinction those species. Maya rulers made no exception: huge demand for symbolic species explains the decline in big mammals, like jaguars and tapirs,... 16 November 2007 03:44 GMT An Irish Stonehenge Has Been Discovered Great archaeological discoveries come when not expected. The construction of a controversial four-lane highway in Ireland dug up the site of an open-air royal temple dating from the Stone Age. The large circular enclosure is over 2,000 years old and it can be seen now at Lismullin, in County Meath. The discovery is l... 17 May 2007 03:47 GMT