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‘How the Spanish Empire Was Built’ Review: Imperial Engineering
The Wall Street Journal· 1 week agoBOOKSHELF “The world’s most successful empires have been engineers’ creations.” This assertion, made...
Dust to dust? New Mexicans fight to save old adobe churches
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEver since missionaries started building churches out of mud 400 years ago in what was the isolated...
How the Central Valley became a fertile land for Southerners, 1924 KKK “fiesta” | Opinion
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWhen the great wave of Mexican immigration poured over into El Norte during the Mexican Revolution,...
Treasure hunters pose a problem for underwater archaeological heritage
The Conversation en Español via Yahoo News· 7 months agoNoaa / Unsplash There are ancient pirates and modern treasure hunters. They are separated by more...
‘Holy Grail’ shipwreck worth $17B could be recovered soon — but it’s a ‘huge challenge’
NY Post via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIt’s a “titanic” treasure trove. A veritable “Holy Grail” shipwreck said to be worth billions could...
13 Books We Read This Week
The Wall Street Journal· 1 week agoBOOKSHELF ‘A Body Made of Glass’ Review: by Hypochondria and Humanity When it comes to health and sickness, what is real and what is imaginary? More...
In Bolivia's silver mountain, artisanal miners turn to coca and the devil
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNext to one of Bolivia's poorest cities lies one of the richest silver mines in the history of...
Everything you need to know about Latinx Heritage Month
In The Know by Yahoo· 2 years agoHispanic Heritage Month — also known as Latinx Heritage Month — is coming up. Here’s everything you...
This red dye was so valuable it built cities. One family in Mexico is still making it the old way
AP Finance via Yahoo Finance· 8 months agoOne family in central Mexico is struggling to preserve the production of cochineal dye, an intense,...
Colombian army share footage from shipwreck carrying billions in lost treasure
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Colombian army has released a video showing gold coins and other valuable items around the San...