2. The Maya were one of the
most brilliant and powerful
cultures of Central
America known ...
3. Their civilization lasted for over three
thousand years. They dominated a written
language, were skilled architects,
adventurous traders and
gifted artists.
4. The Mayan civilization extended
across the southern
Yucatan from Guatemala and
Honduras, between III
and XV centuries. The Maya were not
a unified state, but is organized
into several independent city-
states if they controlled a
territory more or less
wide. Neither spoke a single language.
During this long time in this
territory hundreds of
dialects spoken today generate about
44 different Mayan languages.
6. The first thing that is known of the
Maya is the year 600 BC, during
which time they
appeared symbols carved in stone. In
300 AC, began the development of
the Maya, beings who devote their
lives to study and record the
galaxy. They cut into the stone your
posts.
7. The word Maya comes from
"MAYAB" which means "place
of the planet Earth called
Yucatan." Maya also
means Mind, Magic and
Mother. "MAYA, MARIA and
Mayaa " are the same word.
8. Contrary to popular belief, the
Maya never "disappeared"
altogether, as their descendants
still live in the region and one of
the languages spoken from this
culture.
9. In the Mayan calendar there are
three accounts of time:
The sacred calendar (260 days)
The civil (365 days)
Long count.
10. Long Count is the name of a non-
repetitive vigesimal calendar, used
by various cultures in Central
America.
11. According to the interpretation of
some artists and theorists, a myth that
survived the European conquest was
the belief that the world was
created and destroyed on several
occasions and that the world as we
know it will run the same fate. In
some calendrical inscriptions in
the Long Count system, the date of the
conclusion of this era, corresponds
to December 20, 2012.
12. Despite the publicity generated by this
date "we, the archaeological
community, we have no record or
knowledge that the
Maya believed the world would end in
2012"
“For the ancient Maya, it was a great
celebration of the end of a full cycle.“
"Presenting the December 21, 2012 as
the doomsday or moment of cosmic
change is a total fabrication and a great
opportunity for many people to get
money”.
13. They invented the
gum resin extracted from a
tree known as zapote.
Children were nobles were crossed. Be
ing cross-eyed was a status symbol.
Deformed heads and body
decoration tying tables. It was a
painful technique and was
more widespread among the elites.
14. They buried the dead at his home
or the neighbors.
After a ball game they killed
the losing team. It is believed that
he could also play in a fun, but the
game was mostly a power struggle
between the dominant groups.
15. Most of the pyramids of painted
blue and blood red.
When he
died a noble sacrifice also his
servants to be buried with him.
They used the same word for
the love and pain.
