Mayans and their Prediction for the Future
THE END on December 21, 2012! The ancient Maya made this prediction more than 2,000 years ago in the ancient city of Chichen Itza, the hub of Maya civilization deep in the heart of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. The Maya were legendary astronomers and timekeepers their calendar is more accurate than our own. By tracking the stars and planets they assigned great meaning to astronomical phenomena and made extraordinary predictions based on them many of which have come true. Could their doomsday prophecy be one of them?
The Mayan Calendar Explained
The Mayan Pyramids
The ancient city of Teotihuacan is located 50 kilometers north-east of the center of Mexico city and
is one of the most famous sites constructed by our ancestors. It bloomed between 300 and 600 AD and covered 20 square km (7.7 square miles), once holding a population of 200,000. The name means “place of the gods” or “where men were transformed into gods”, a name given by the Aztecs. The citadel holds the Mayan pyramids.
Pyramid of the Moon Pyramid of the Sun
There are many restored buildings to explore, as well as artwork and artifacts recovered from the site, as well as the two enormous structures for which the city is best known, the Pyramid of the Moon, shown here, and the even larger Pyramid of the Sun. The Pyramid of the Sun, with an estimated weight of three million tons, is much larger than the Pyramid of the Moon, and was also built earlier. Each side is 222 meters long and it's over 70 meters high, making it the third largest pyramid in the world by volume.
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