Mayan Hammocks – Setting the Trend of Style and Comfort for Over 3000 Years
Thursday, February 18th, 2010 Posted in Maya Civilization | 15 Comments »The Mayan hammock is the original hammock, dating back over 3000 years. These same Mayans, who built the Central American pyramids in Tikal and Coban, also created the most accurate calendar and developed an advanced writing system. The Mayans ...
Mayan History Alive And Well In Cancun
Thursday, February 18th, 2010 Posted in Maya Civilization | 15 Comments »Steeped in Mayan history, Mexico has always taken pride in being the homeland of one of the Western Hemispheres earliest highly evolved civilizations. The great Mayan city states of the Yucatan reached their zenith from 600 to 900 A.D., ...
The Great Maya History and Mystery
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 Posted in Maya Civilization | 16 Comments »The Great Maya History & Mystery. I'm going to ask a lot of questions, but have no answers. However, is't the mystery of life more about questions than answers, unless you're a religious, literal, fundamentalist, and then you already KNOW ...
The Mayas are Coming to the Windy City
Sunday, December 6th, 2009 Posted in Maya Civilization | 15 Comments »Maya Civilization. Vote Chichen-Itza! In the spirit of driving the vote for the archaeological site as a new world wonder, the Mexico Tourism Board will be hosting the film "Mystery of the Mayas" at the IMAX Theater at Navy ...
What is the Significance of the Mayan 2012 Calendar?
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Maya Civilization | 15 Comments »The Mayan 2012 Calendar. The Mayans (The ancient indigenous people of Southern Mexico & Central America), developed a calendar far more advanced than the current day calendar that we use today. Their calendar predicted with accuracy Seasonal events as well ...
Stereotypes in Aztec Culture
Thursday, November 26th, 2009 Posted in Aztec Civilization | 7 Comments »Aztec Culture StereotypesJust about any race, culture or sub-group of people has a few stereotypes assigned to them by other races and cultural. For example, “all black people are good dancers”, “all Americans are obese”, and “all Italians are ...
The Every Day Life of the Aztec People
Thursday, November 26th, 2009 Posted in Aztec Civilization | 7 Comments »Very few is left today of the ancient Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. Most of what is left of this city lies at the bottom of Mexico city’s Historical center. The city was largely destroyed during the Spanish conquest between ...
Lost Civilization – Inca
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 Posted in Mesoamerica | 5 Comments »Machu Picchu, the so called "Lost City of the Incas", has become a classic "see before you die" sight since it was rediscovered at the beginning of the 20th century by the American explorer Hiram Bingham. It is an unforgettable ...
Mayan History – Exploring Mayan Ruins
Thursday, October 8th, 2009 Posted in Maya Civilization | 5 Comments »Steeped in Mayan history, Mexico has always taken pride in being the homeland of one of the Western Hemispheres earliest highly evolved civilizations. The great Mayan city states of the Yucatan reached their zenith from 600 to 900 A.D., excelling ...
Mayan Hammocks
Thursday, October 8th, 2009 Posted in Maya Civilization | 3 Comments »Sociologist and anthropologists trace back the Mayan hammock some 3000 years. It made its appearance arrived in the Yucatán more than two centuries before the Spanish conquest. As the Mayan cultural grew in dominance, the hammock became synonymous with the ...
