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- | A flight attendant’s secrets to surviving long-haul flights | + | Who were the victims of Maya sacrifice? Ancient DNA reveals an unexpected finding |
+ | he ancient Maya city of Chichén Itzá in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula has long been associated with human sacrifice, with hundreds of bones unearthed from temples, a sacred sinkhole and other underground caverns. | ||
- | Any air travel can be stressful, but facing down a long-haul flight can be especially intimidating. | + | A long-held misconception is that the victims were often young and female — an impression that has stuck in the contemporary imagination and become hard to dislodge even as more recent research has suggested that both men and women were among those sacrificed as well as children. A study published Wednesday in the journal Nature adds unexpected detail to that more complex picture. |
- | Should you prioritize sleeping or eating, or both? Should you attempt to exercise | + | The new analysis, based on ancient DNA from the remains of 64 people who archaeologists believe had been ritually sacrificed and then deposited |
- | Kris Major is a British flight attendant with 25 years’ experience. He’s worked short-haul hops and spent 14-hour stretches | + | “There were two big moments of surprise here,” said lead study author Rodrigo Barquera, |
- | As many of us prepare for long-haul trips over the summer, Major tells CNN Travel his tips and tricks on surviving multiple hours in the sky. | + | “We were thinking, influenced by traditional archaeology that we would find, a non-sex-biased burial or mostly girls,” he said. |
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