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Claude-Joseph-Désiré Charnay
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Born May 2, 1828 • France
Died October 24, 1915 (aged 87) • Paris • France
Subjects Of Study Central America • Mexico • prehistoric age

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Maya bloodletting
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John Lloyd Stephens
American archaeologist
Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg
French missionary and ethnographer
Frans Ferdinand Blom
Danish archaeologist
Zelia Maria Magdalena Nuttall
American archaeologist
Adolph Bandelier
American anthropologist
Boucher de Perthes, Jacques
Jacques Boucher de Perthes
French archaeologist
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
Mexican military officer
The founder of Morena, Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
president of Mexico
Enrique Peña Nieto
Enrique Peña Nieto
president of Mexico
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez
president of Mexico
Lázaro Cárdenas.
Lázaro Cárdenas
president of Mexico
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata
Mexican revolutionary
Prescott, William H
William H. Prescott
American historian
Marcos, Subcomandante
Subcomandante Marcos
Mexican leader
Edward Burnett Tylor
Sir Edward Burnett Tylor
British anthropologist
Francisco Madero
Francisco Madero
president of Mexico
Octavio Paz.
Octavio Paz
Mexican writer and diplomat
Porfirio Díaz
Porfirio Díaz
president of Mexico
Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox
president of Mexico