Maya Medicine. The Mayas were much more intellectually inclined than most archaeologists or anthropologists have indicated when they stress the wars between the cities or the rituals of blood sacrifice by the leader/kings or priesthood.
The Mayan culture also was preoccupied with science, art, government, marketing, philosophy, letters and health. The Mayas were also involved in the scientific evaluation of medicinal applications to curing what ailed them, some 1500 different plants were used for herbal prescriptions. A civilization so robust and filled with great structure and fine aesthetic touch cannot reach such high levels of advancement unless it is well fed...spiritually and physically. The Mayas also described the existence of conjunctival granulations, (Clamida Trachomatis?? Goldschmidt P et al. </i>*} {*style:<i> Dwarf figurine from Tikal </i>*} {*style:<i>The Maya use their medicine in different ways. And sometimes refers to the mind as well. {*style:<i> Dental Modification. Maya Writing. Maya Culture Collapse. Maya. Once considered an unsolvable enigma, recent advances in the decipherment of the Maya writing system has not only shed light on the mechanics of the script, but also on the socio-political, artistic, and historical aspects of Maya civilization.
As a whole, the Maya people created the longest lasting civilization of the New World. It became distinguishable from other early farming cultures of Mesoamerica in the middle of the first millenium BCE, when the first great Maya cities were constructed. Their culture endured through changes, wars, and disasters until it was suppressed by the Spanish conquest in the 16th and 17th centuries. The last indepedent Maya kingdom of Tayasal, fell as late as 1697. However, the Maya survived and there is estimated to be at least one million Mayas living in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras today. General Overview. Mayan Gods and Goddesses. Mayan Gods and Goddesses The ancient Maya had a complex pantheon of deities whom they worshipped and offered human sacrifices.
Rulers were believed to be descendants of the gods and their blood was the ideal sacrifice, either through personal bloodletting or the sacrifice of captives of royal blood. The Mayan vision of the universe is divided into multiple levels, above and below earth, positioned within the four directions of north, south, east and west. After death, the soul was believed to go to the Underworld, Xibalba (shee bal bah), a place of fright where sinister gods tested and tricked their unfortunate visitors. As with all Myths about Gods and Goddesses - Mayan creational mythology discuss connections with being from other realms who came to Earth to seed the planet. Kukulcan - Winged God - Feather Serpent. The Ancient Maya: Tools of Astronomy.
Star-gazing reached incredible heights thousands of years before the Hubble.
Learn the amazing advances made by the great ancient culture of Central America. Take another fascinating trip through time to discover the precursors from centuries or even millennia ago of todays cutting-edge technological breakthroughs. Using the latest scholarship, hands-on demonstrations, and dramatic reenactments, The Ancient Maya: Tools of Astronomy shows just how far ahead of their times they really were. Without the aid of magnifying technology or even a firm idea of where they stood on the planet, the Mayan grasp of the universe through astrological observation was simply stunning.
Host Michael Guillen travels to Mexico's Yucatan peninsula to get a firsthand look at the ancient world's most skilled astronomers. Climb the giant pyramid of Kukulkan and see how it functioned as a giant solar observatory. This documentary is available for preview only - . Mayan documentary to show 'evidence' of alien contact in ancient Mexico. Starstruck ... a Mayan astronomical frieze in Belize.
Photograph: Alamy The ancient Mayans had contact with alien visitors who left behind evidence of their existence, according to a new Mexican documentary. Sundance winner Juan Carlos Rulfo's Revelations of the Mayans 2012 and Beyond is currently in production for release next year to coincide with the end of the Mayan calendar, reports the Wrap. Producer Raul Julia-Levy said the documentary-makers were working in cooperation with the Mexican government for what he said was "the good of mankind".
He said the order to collaborate had come directly from the country's president, Álvaro Colom Caballeros. "Mexico will release codices, artefacts and significant documents with evidence of Mayan and extraterrestrial contact, and all of their information will be corroborated by archaeologists," he said. Caballeros himself was conspicuous by his absence from the statement released by Julia-Levy.