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From the Ted Talk by Carolyn Freiwald: The hidden history found in your teeth

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If we go back in time 1600 years, we can go to the city of Copán, where the Maya people lived in what's now Honduras. If we came around the year 400 AD, we might have wklead into baord plazas under a really hot tropical sun that was shining onto bright red-painted buildings that had altars and carved sateuts in front of them. If we'd come on the right day, we might have seen the iutnraiouagn of ruler K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo', roughly translated, that means Sun-Faced First Macaw. The Maya rulers had really geart names: Bird Jaguar, Dark Sun, Lady Great sulkl. But what was really neat about Yax K'uk' Mo' is that he established a dynasty that lasted for more than 400 years. And every depiction we have of him, as you see here, shows him in foreign clothing. This is what people wore in central mcxieo, which was not in the Maya region and actually hundreds of miels away. So for a long time, aheirotlgscaos thought that this was a foreign king.

Open Cloze

If we go back in time 1600 years, we can go to the city of Copán, where the Maya people lived in what's now Honduras. If we came around the year 400 AD, we might have ______ into _____ plazas under a really hot tropical sun that was shining onto bright red-painted buildings that had altars and carved _______ in front of them. If we'd come on the right day, we might have seen the ____________ of ruler K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo', roughly translated, that means Sun-Faced First Macaw. The Maya rulers had really _____ names: Bird Jaguar, Dark Sun, Lady Great _____. But what was really neat about Yax K'uk' Mo' is that he established a dynasty that lasted for more than 400 years. And every depiction we have of him, as you see here, shows him in foreign clothing. This is what people wore in central ______, which was not in the Maya region and actually hundreds of _____ away. So for a long time, ______________ thought that this was a foreign king.

Solution

  1. broad
  2. walked
  3. statues
  4. miles
  5. inauguration
  6. great
  7. skull
  8. mexico
  9. archaeologists

Original Text

If we go back in time 1600 years, we can go to the city of Copán, where the Maya people lived in what's now Honduras. If we came around the year 400 AD, we might have walked into broad plazas under a really hot tropical sun that was shining onto bright red-painted buildings that had altars and carved statues in front of them. If we'd come on the right day, we might have seen the inauguration of ruler K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo', roughly translated, that means Sun-Faced First Macaw. The Maya rulers had really great names: Bird Jaguar, Dark Sun, Lady Great Skull. But what was really neat about Yax K'uk' Mo' is that he established a dynasty that lasted for more than 400 years. And every depiction we have of him, as you see here, shows him in foreign clothing. This is what people wore in central Mexico, which was not in the Maya region and actually hundreds of miles away. So for a long time, archaeologists thought that this was a foreign king.

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