The Mayan Culture And Ancient Ruins

By Linda Patterson


Many have been interested with the ancient Mayan history and their civilization. As a matter of fact, the events on our modern-day lunar calendars were accurately predicted by the ancient Mayans. They are doomsayers, as what people would regard them. The Mayan civilization was thought to predict a number of events that is happening now and in the future. Their doomsday prediction is one of the famous among their predictions and has received significant interest and controversies. Such prediction was ignored by many while some did believe in it. Their knowledge in astronomy has enabled them to make predictions of what will take place in the future.

The Mayans chiefly relied on the movements of the celestial bodies. Until now, people believe that the stars have a great influence on the movements the earth and people's behavior. Without a doubt, the stars are among the universe's guiding forces when it comes to predicting almost everything from the time of the year to the event of the upcoming season. For many years, the mariners use the skies to navigate vast rough seas. The Mayans give much attention studying the heavens. The Venus cycle is amongst the most important calculations found in the writings in the ruins of the Mayans. They regarded the morning star as a great sign. Besides the fact that it's still visible during day time, the Mayans regarded it as a heavenly sign from the gods in order to guide new endeavors. It's no surprise that lots of wars were fought before by using this sign.

Their Long Count system is one other fascinating aspect of the culture found among the ancient ruins. The end of the Mayan count claimed that the world will end in 2012. Nevertheless, there's little proof or discussion in the Mayan civilization that strongly says this will occur. A lot of scholars believe that the events described by the long count calendar were for the time of the Mayans. One scholar mentioned that it's not pertaining to cosmic shifting, but about a particular event a long time ago that brought on festivity amongst lots of people.

The temple pyramids of the Mayans are the other fascinating sights to see. The shape of their pyramids is proof of a very advanced civilization that has captured the attention of many historians. There were even statements that the Mayans have inherited their advanced knowledge from extra terrestrial beings that came to our planet Earth. With this, people believed that this was the reason why their scientific and mathematical computations were advanced and why they were able to predict seasons as well as tides.

Any Mayan exploration would not be complete without seeing some of their artifacts. In The special markings in their carvings are known as glyphs. Although they might just resemble ordinary carvings to the uninitiated eye, the fact is, very important and certain messages are engraved on them. They are a precise documentation of ancient Mayan rites as well as events. The activities that were described here are offering to the gods, ancient human sacrifice and contacts with other worlds. Although the civilization of the Mayans ended, it has left the modern day people with so much to remember about them.




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