Mayan Architecture and Astronomy

Mayan Architecture and Astronomy

The Human Origin

Descending from the ' Garden of Delight , in the heavens , Adam and Eve were the first two human beings to step on the planet earth . Little is known about their children except for the two famous sons , Abel and Cain (Old Testament : Genesis 5 :2 , 1 :27 , Abel , in the Bible , son of Adam and Eve , a shepherd , killed by his older brother , Cain in the Gospel of St . Matthew , mentioned as the first martyr

In the Great Flood in Noah 's time all of them

perished except those who took refuge in Noah 's Arc . The three famous patriarchs emerging from the progeny of Noah were Ham , Sam and Yafis . They spread far and wide in the remotest corners of the world and their races after their respective patriarch 's name were known in the history as Hamitic , Semitic and yam-tic respectively (Great Flood Support Noah 's Ark Saga

Introduction

Maya were an American Indian people who developed a magnificent civilization in Central America and south Mexico . The Maya civilization reached its period of greatest development about A .D . 250 and continued to flourish for hundreds of years . The Maya produced remarkable architecture , painting , pottery , and sculpture . They made great advancements in astronomy and mathematics and developed an accurate yearly calendar . They were one of the first peoples in the Western Hemisphere to develop an advanced form of writing

The Mayan Indians

The Maya lived in an area of about 120 ,000 square miles (311 ,000 square kilometers . Today , their territory is divided among Mexico and several Central American countries . It consists of the Mexican states of Campeche , Yucatbn , and Quintana Roo and part of the states of Tabasco and Chiapas . It also includes Belize , most of Guatemala , and parts of El Salvador and of Honduras

The Maya civilization was at its peak from about A .D . 250 to 900 . During that time , known as the Classic Period , it was centered in the tropical rain forest of the lowlands of what is now northern Guatemala . Many of the major Maya cities , such as Piedras Negras , Tikal , and Uaxactun developed in this area . By about 900 , most of the Maya abandoned the Guatemalan lowlands and moved to areas to the north and south , including Yucatbn and the highlands of southern Guatemala . In those areas , they continued to prosper until Spain conquered almost all of the Maya in the mid-1500 's

Today , descendants of the Maya live in Mexico and Central America . They speak Maya languages and carry on some religious customs of their ancestors

The Classic Maya Territory (shown in red in the above map

The Dawn of Human Civilizations

It was the descendants of these races that formed the various world ancient civilizations and which settled in various regions of the globe Those who settled in the Andes valley , the pacific coast of Chile and Peru came to be called the `Incas ' with their vast empire known as the `Inca Empire ' in AD...