Did The Mayans

The Maya is a pre-Columbian American civilization. This fascinating civilization has actually developed its own written language, architecture, mathematical and astronomical system. The history of the Mayans is interesting and very complex. Below you can find some amazing facts about this civilization…

Thank you to Nancy Hewett, volunteer and enthusiastic supporter of the Mayan Families Mission, for the contribution of this blog post. I’d just arrived in Panajachel a few days earlier to begin my three month volunteer stint with Mayan Families when I was invited to attend an inspiring and edifying program…

In the course of excavating remains of the Mayan city, archaeologists uncovered a corridor containing shiny white plaster that originally would have covered the city. Credit: Photo by Evelyn Chan An ancient Mayan city followed a unique grid pattern, providing evidence of a powerful ruler, archaeologists…

An urban-environment system case history - the Mayan city states. Ruins in the jungle and in the desert indicate that cities come and go. Are cities sustainable in the long run? Do they have a life time? Or should we expect them to come and go? We might learn about possibilities by looking at a classic…

Early History One of the most advanced indigenous cultures of the ancient Americas, the Mayans began as hunter gatherers and migrated into the Yucatán around 2500 B.C. During the pre-classic period (500 B.C.-250 A.D.) they appeared in Quintana Roo, where they established ceremonial centers at Coba, Dzibanche…

Tikal Tik al This Mayan name means Place of Voices . The ancient name of the city was Mutul, whose meaning is unknown. Uaxactún Waxaktun (Washaktoon) An American archeologist, Dr. Morley, named this location in 1916. Waxaktun means Eight-stone in Mayan. Morley chose this name because he found a stone…

A daring photographer has plunged the depths to capture these stunning pictures of an ancient Mayan sinkhole. The 400ft pit in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico, is believed to be an ancient sacrificial Mayan site filled with animal and human bones. The spectacular pictures were taken by American underwater…

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The ancient Olmec civilization is now considered to be one of the earliest great civilizations in Mesoamerica. This civilization came and went long before the Aztec empire was even thought of, and yet they left their mark on the peoples of Mexico and beyond, and developed a complex culture which is still…

The Mayans of Mexico carved an advanced civilization out of the jungles, then disappeared. Where did they come from? Where did they go? Scholars continue to discuss when this era of Maya civilization began. Discoveries of Maya occupation at Cuello, Belize have been carbon dated to around 2600 BCE. The…

“Maya” or “Mayan”? “Maya” as noun and adjective describes the people and their culture, “Mayan” is the language – citation: Manolo Romero – Belize.com Editor. The adjective Mayan is sometimes incorrectly used to describe the indigenous peoples of southeastern Mexico and Central America, such as Belize…

It is believed that all Mayan ceremonial centers were connected by a series of roads. However, the exact extent of the ancient system of roadways will probably never be known because much of it has been destroyed by centuries of vegetation growth and modernization. These white roads were constructed…

It really depends on what Old World Civilization we are supposed to compare them to as a technological benchmark. The short answer is that they were more advanced than the Europeans of the time on a some areas but less advanced in other areas that the Europeans were already much better at. So, I will…