Mayan tribe: the secrets of ancient civilization

There are rumors and legends about the culture, way of life and extraordinarily wide knowledge of the Maya tribe. So what is so attractive about this mysterious and mystical ancient civilization?

Today, the Maya tribe is one of the Indian tribes that lives in South America (in Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras and Belize). And beginning around 2000 BC, the so-called ancient civilization, based in Central America, was called. Maya obeyed all the tribes and peoples who lived there at that time.

Almost for 12 centuries the domination of this civilization lasted. The heyday of peak is, according to historians, 900 years already AD, after which there is a long period of decline, the causes of which are still unknown.

The Maya tribe, whose history is still of greatest interest to scientists, has inextricably linked its life with the heavens. The Indians relied on the legacy of the Olmecs, an earlier civilization, and achieved astounding successes at that time in the field of astronomy, in hieroglyphic writing and calendar systems. At the same time, the life of these people was very primitive.

The main occupation of these Indians was agriculture, for which they used the simplest tools and adaptations. But despite this, they were excellent farmers - the Maya tribe diligently cleared large areas of tropical forests, they built underground storage facilities for collecting rainwater. In addition, the civilization also engaged in pottery and weaving craft. And thanks to the cleared paths that pass through the marshes and jungles, the Indians established trade links with other, far-off peoples.

The ancient Maya tribes, as historians claim, did not even know what a wheel is. Meanwhile, it remains amazing and inexplicable that in its heyday this civilization created temples, palaces, observatories, miracle-cities, tombs and other richly decorated monuments of architecture. And all this, by the way, was built without the help of any metal tools.

In those days, when the colonizers of the Old World set foot on the east coast of South America, the Maya tribe was already in deep decline. The conquerors took a barbaric attitude to all those architectural monuments and works of art that were created by this ancient civilization. The colonialists saw in them only the legacy of paganism, which must be ruthlessly destroyed. But even what remains of the knowledge and culture of the Maya, and to this day excites the imagination of scientists.

Over time, the Maya began to simply leave the cities they built in large numbers. To date, there are several theories about this, but nobody really knows the real reason. And today for the entire scientific world remains a mystery - what kind of civilization was it, where did its representatives come from and where did they go ...

One of their main and amazing achievements is the calendar, based on astronomical calculations, the accuracy of which continues to delight modern specialists.

In general, the Maya tribe used its observations in the field of astronomy both to solve various pressing problems (for example, in the field of agriculture), and to explain more global mysteries. Thus, the priests accurately calculated the life cycles of the Earth, which are confirmed by modern knowledge. Horoscopes, which astrologers compose, guided by the calendar of the ancient tribe of the Indians, still have not lost their relevance. Well, the most, perhaps, popular prediction is the end of the world, which, according to the forecasts and calculations of this Indian tribe, will come in 2012. To believe it or not is a private matter for everyone, however, despite a considerable number of skeptics, there are also quite real grounds for believing the prophecy.