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In the past decade or two, there has been an upsurge of interest about the Maya, their history, civilization, and culture. There have been more documentaries and fiction movies, books and stories about them. This was partly fueled by the mythical Maya prediction of the end of the world in 2012, which for a short period of time put this civilization under the media spotlight. But there is much more to their culture than the common misconception about their calendar. And for a long time before the Maya caught the eyes of the wider population, archeologists and historians did their best to uncover and piece together the complete story about the Maya civilization.
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dude, do you understand that "apocalypto" was a fictional story?
The video is very educational and inspiring! The content and presentation are really commendable. Great job!
The Mayans assimilated to Spanish Culture.
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That civilization was built by the Olmec, not the Mayans. The Mayans came thousands of years later. Look up the ancient records.
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Who's here after the new descovery 🤚🏼
Did Mayans domesticated dogs ? I see it in this video but I'm not sure if they really did it…
thanks!
This video was mandatory viewing for my college assignments, and I am glad that it was.
I was aware of Mayan astrology, but I was unaware of their stark similarities to Ancient Greece's city-state organization. The fact that the Mayans didn't murder innocents in a systematic and deliberate fashion certainly makes them more civilzied than the Aztec Triple Alliance.
We know a ton more about the Mayans than we do the Aztecs, largely because Mayan civilization and religion did not produce the abominations of human sacrifices. Unlike Aztecs, Mayans used ritual bloodletting instead of actually killing their sacrifices in almost all situations. As the videographer said, actual human sacrifice was only done in panic and famine.
Mayan religion and culture was not systematically crushed like Aztec religion was. Christians putting pagan texts to the fire is an aberration; historically, many extinct religions are known only because Christians gathered them for the purpose of writing rebuttals..
While it's a shame that Aztec books and scriptures were burned, I get why they were.
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Written expression please
MAYAN blood over here. We are still around. Thank you for such a great video.
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Phonétique américaine de l'anglais.
Michu Bichu une autre appellation dans le Néant au Mont Blanc dont Himalaya et Climinjaro
We wer here no land bridge. Our blood is type O .if we came across land bridge then should have A B type blood we don't.
This is video is wrong we wer from The Maya
Wer still here
Maya people from Belize, Mexico, and Guatemala still exists today and forever including myself.
What I find interesting is that the whole american continent developed completly independent to the Eurasian continent for the past 12000 years. Even with this completly independent develeopments their build structures and culture followed the same outlines of those in eurasia. This would mean that some ideas are just inherintly human and will develop idependently if given the right amout of time.
Is the nature and cruelty of the Mexican Cartel the same as the nature of the Mayan tribe…?
We’re still here 🇬🇹🇲🇽🇸🇻🇭🇳🇳🇮🇧🇿
Africans!
Two things. 1. The calendar you show is the Aztec, not Mayan calendar. And 2, the use of that politically correct bullshit of BCE and CE is offensive and insulting. The whole damn world knows that it is all about Christ. If it were Buddha, Zoroaster, or Luther, that very reference should be used and not cowardly covered up.
Spanish or vanish? The mayans chose vanish 😂😂😂😂
if. You want to know about MAYAN CALENDER ! Please come INDIA and JUST to study ( SURYA SIDHANTA ) Means THE PRINCIPLE OF SUN 🌞 ☀️ 🌤 🌅 ♌️ 🙏. VERY Abrahmic 😊❤😊pool of mythological logies OR ism brand Mind can't understand IT FOR next 10000 years .
2012 😆
I hate hearing history from the colonizers 😂😂
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How did the Mayans go from a dark copper color to these plae and white Asians we see today
Machu Picchu
. : El Yucateco : .
2024 – oo
I dont believe they walk across an ice land bridge . That would of taken them forever.. they got there by walking across a warm Pangaea. Before Noahs great Flood
bru ty i have an essay abt the rise and fall of the maya civilization and this is what i needed exactly 🫸🫷
That’s the Aztec calander. Not Myan