Pg 1: AW Global News
Pg 2: Roman World News
Pg 3: Hellenic World News
Pg 4: Germanic World News
Pg 5: Egyptian World News
Pg 6: Celtic World News
Pg 7: Americas World News

What is Inti Raymi by Apo Mayta Huacac
Aztec Beauty by Acolnahuacatzin ShieldJaguar

From the ever-inventive mind of Joseph Niafer comes the newest addition to the Americas's group line-up: The Velvet Glove. Named for a downtown Chicago night club with mob connections, the group seeks to recreate the tumultuous Roaring Twenties when alcohol was illegal and easy to come by, organized crime became American celebrity, and life was "live it while you can."

Akatena Sequoyah is a relatively new member of the Americas, though she has been around AW for some time in other worlds. Active in the Turtle Nations group, she has a lively interest in the native peoples of North America, especially those in the eastern US. Akatena joins us for most of our festivals in the Americas and during the latest Springfest even managed to build a pyramid in Egypt!

And it was here, on the Yucatan, during the Late Classic/Early Post-Classic Maya Period, that the walled city of Tulum, then called "Zama", rose in blood-hued majesty, above the temperate turquoise waters of the Caribbean Sea.Check out the district and it's new boards and thread, built gorgeously by Zama Roca.

Editor,
Americas World News:
Topiltzin Tupac

Yes, it's me, Topiltzin, acting as your Americas World News editor for this issue. And despite Sank calling us AVBians as upstarts [in May's ACTA], I'm more than happy to write too.
Actually, that is how the audionews starts, by writing, writing and rewriting, and only after it's "perfect" (never is tho, LOL), does the recording and sound editing part of it start. (and that is not really fast work, either). And like my style is, usually finished just before deadline. *G* And so will this ACTA report be too, so if I overlook something or some parts of it, please do forgive me? (if I have time, I might do an audio version of this for the Voice of Americas, too).

The summer soltice festival of the Incas, Inti Raymi 2006, was celebrated on the 24th of June, and even with the slow business at AW during the summer, people found the festival, and had fun celebrating it. The festival was planned a bit extempore, with the people already having vacation fever, but still, we were able to arrange a sheep scavenger hunt, a quiz on sun gods of the world, Mangas was serving drinks and food at the Blue Macaw and Apo Mayta wrote great articles about the festival (featured in this month's ACTA). Sadly, after that his computer crashed, and he couldn't take part during the festival. The Great Sheep Search was won by a Roman lady, elena Curius, with 55 sheep found of the over 70 sheep hidden all over Americas. All in all, the event was a success, considering the scheduled time and the Roman I Claudius celebrations happening at the same time; so we might be continuing it as a annual event.

New members keep pouring in: since last ACTA about 65 new inhabitants have joined, and some, like Singing Cedars MorningStar, have already made it up to the citizen rank... we just have to hope that Jot fixes the current Cash Box Bug (that appeared after the latest server crash about a month ago), so that even more new members can collect their daily pay and make it up to a AW citizen level.
Also, the Welcome to America-thread's look has been updated by Apo Mayta, and even more changes have been planned for the boards of Americas, mostly moving them to appropriate 'hoods. More about the changes when they are ready to be made.

Zama Roca has got busy again in building the hoods, as you can see from this month's featured location, the district of Tulum. The Rocas are already dancing lambada along the boards and streets of Tulum. And Zama has even requested more districts (like Mayapán) to be made, so that Americas' people could move to their desired 'hoods... maybe even my desired Toltec capital of Tula?

Looted Maya Treasure Returned Anonymously
The 1,500-year-old Maya stone box that had been looted from a Guatemalan cave, mentioned last Acta issue, has been returned by an unnamed collector. (National Geographic News)

Oldest Example of Mesoamerican Dentistry Found in Ancient Grave
A 4,500-year-old grave in the Mexican state of Michoacan has revealed a macabre example of ancient dentistry — the skull of a young man whose upper teeth had been modified to accept a denture made from the palate and teeth of a wolf or panther. (Los Angeles Times)

Bones unearthed in San Jose appear to be from ancient burial site
A construction site where a San Jose city crew unearthed human bones early this week appears to be an ancient American Indian burial site, according to police and a local archaelogist. (Mercury News)

Jade find in Antigua produces links to Central America
A discovery of ancient jade could shake up old notions of the New World before Columbus. Scientists say they have traced 1,500-year-old axe blades found in the eastern Caribbean to ancient jade mines in Central America 1,800 miles (2,900 kilometers) away, New York’s American Museum of Natural History announced late last month. (Antigua Sun)

Did ancient Amazonians build a 'Stonehenge'?
SAO PAULO, Brazil - A grouping of granite blocks along a grassy Amazon hilltop may be the vestiges of a centuries-old astronomical observatory -- a find archaeologists say indicates early rain forest inhabitants were more sophisticated than previously believed. (CNN)

Looters still ravaging ancient Arizona
2 people patrolling 9 million acres can't stop treasure hunt. (The Arizona Republic)