Incredible ingenuity must have been used to build these structures, the work of ancient architects and engineers, built using weight and balance to keep them standing strong. The cities themselves, seem to have been mainly ceremonial centers, which you can see from their grand stone architecture. , the Mayan civilization consisted of more than 40 sizeable cities spread across modern-day Mexico, Guatemala, and northern Belize. Mesoamerica (Southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize) ![]() What I would like to focus on is theĪs Mother Earth was at the centre of Mayan worship. They practiced astronomy, divination (and also had a penchant for celebrating rituals of human sacrifice, but that was a long time ago!!). I however, prefer the new age interpretation of this event, which believes human kind is entering a period during which the earth's inhabitants will undergo a positive physical or spiritual transformation.Īre a native Mesoamerican people who developed one of the most sophisticated cultures in the Western Hemisphere before the arrival of the Spanish, who conquered Mexico in the early 16th century. You might be familiar with the Mayan's because of the hyped-up Mayan prediction about the end of the world last year, supposed to happen on the 21st December 2012. This week I thought I would share with you the fascinating things I learned on this trip about Mayan Culture, one of the ancient world's most fascinating, prolific, and mysterious civilizations. Mexico I discovered, (after the first of many 20-hour long bus rides), is a huge country with many different cultural influences forming its history, Recently I was lucky enough to take a trip to Mexico and travel through Mexico's south, from the Pacific Ocean side to the Caribbean sea.
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