The Ancient Mayan Civilization And Their Culture

The Ancient Mayan Civilization And Their Culture

by Linda Patterson

The Mayans and their history have gotten the interest of many people from all over the world. The ancient Mayas have in fact predicted the events on our modern day lunar calendars accurately. Perhaps this is the reason why they are called doomsayers. According to research studies, the Mayan civilization has predicted future events which were accurate. Their prediction of the world's end has received a lot of attention, rumors and controversies. Many people were afraid, a lot considered this untrue while some believed in it. They used their knowledge in astronomy to predict future events.

The ancient Mayas mainly relied on the actions of the sky, moon, stars, sun, seeking guidance from the heavens. There are in fact a lot of people who still believe that terrestrial behaviors are influenced by the stars. Undoubtedly, the stars are one of the universe's guiding forces with predicting everything from the time of the year to the occurrence of the approaching season. Mariners since then are using the skies to navigate the seas. The ancient Mayans were focused in studying the heavens. The Venus cycle is among the significant calculations found in the writings of the Mayans. They considered the morning star as a good sign. Not counting the fact that it's still visible during day time, the Mayans viewed it as a heavenly sign from the gods in order to guide new endeavors. Hence this is why a number of wars were fought a long time ago because of this sign.

Among the ancient Mayan ruins, their long count system was another amazing aspect of their culture that was discovered. There was a prediction that the world will come to an end at the end of the Mayan count. Even so, there's little proof or discussion in the Mayan civilization that solidly claims this will occur. It was believed by the scholars that the occurrences that the long count was describing were the happenings in the Mayan times. One scholar claimed that it is not relating to cosmic shifting, but about a specific event in earlier times that precipitated celebration among a number of people.

The majestic pyramids of the Mayans are the other astounding attractions of this ancient culture. Their temples which are in pyramid shaped has captivated historians were proof that the Mayan civilization was advanced. Many others say that there were extra terrestrial that visited the Earth and gave advanced knowledge to the Mayans. This explains why their knowledge in math and science were advanced and why they're able to predict the different seasons.

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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