Staff at the Prado, Spain’s top art museum, usually prevent visitors from touching its priceless treasures. But on a recent morning, with their blessing, Jose Pedro Gonzalez, 56, slowly ran his fingers over a copy…
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One-month countdown for the end of Mayan calendar
From Mexico’s Maya Riviera to ancient sites in Guatemala, the region foresees a tourism bonanza from the fateful December 21 date in the Mayan calendar, but indigenous groups are fed up with the doomsday myth….