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	<title>V. Garth Norman</title>
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	<description>Garth Norman is an Archeologist, Archaeo-astronomer, Epigrapher, and Art Historian with Graduate degrees in Anceint Studies and Archaeology- Anthropology from Brigham Young University.</description>
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		<title>Mesoamerica Map</title>
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Western Guatemala&#8217;s POPOL VUH &#8211; Sacred book of the Quiche Maya originally written in Spanish ca. 1550 (Recinos 1950:5, 77-80)   &#8220;Preamble. . .This is the beginning of the old traditions of this place called Quiche, by the tribes of the Quiche nation. . . we shall bring it to light because now the Popol Vuh, as it is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vgarthnorman.com/2008/07/mesoamerica-map/</link>
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		<title>Izapa Temple Reconstruction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is a model of the Izapa Temple Center, So. Mexico built by V. Garth Norman author of Izapa Sculpture Text/Album (New World Archaeological Foundation 1976) and Izapa Archaeoastronomy (1980). 
The ancient Temple Center of Izapa, Mexico comprised of small pyramids and grassy plazas the size of football fields is located on the Pacific Coast [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vgarthnorman.com/2008/07/izapa-temple-reconstruction/</link>
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		<title>Pyramid of Pacal</title>
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Palenque ruins exhibit the Mesoamerican Standard Measure and Geometric planning.
by V. Garth Norman
The excellent precision drawings of Palenque panels by Merle Green Robertson, Linda Schele, and Alfred Maudslay, made my task of checking geometric structure in the five major Palenque slab sculptures a truely rewarding exercise. The Palenque panels express an unsurpassed vitality for utilizing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vgarthnorman.com/2008/07/fremont-area-findings/</link>
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		<title>Parowan Gap, Utah</title>
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The Parowan Gap-Nature&#8217;s Perfect Observatory by V. Garth Norman
Parowan-Gap petroglyphs &#38; astronomy &#8211; Click to view pdf
The spectacular sunsets on April 29 and August 12 highlight the main inscriptions of the Parowan Gap, Utah, petroglyph calendar ( ca.700 A.D.) which correlate with ancient calendars of Mesoamerica. Garth Norman has spent 40 years researching the ancient [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vgarthnorman.com/2008/07/article-1-about-parawan-gap/</link>
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		<title>Jerusalem Temple Mount</title>
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April, 2008 John Pratt, Lance Harding, Garth Norman in front of the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Astronomical and measurement readings were taken from the Temple Mount looking east to the Mount of Olives, also from key observation points beyond the Temple Mount.
New Proposed Location for Solomon&#8217;s Temple
by John P. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vgarthnorman.com/2008/07/jerusalem-temple-mount/</link>
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