by Linda McManus | Feb 2, 2014 | Mayan Culture
If you entertain in your mind the phrase, “History repeats itself”, then, you might want to focus on something that can really prove that history does repeats itself time and time again. We have learned all about the rise and fall of the ancient Mayan civilization. ...
by Dian Obligacion | Feb 1, 2014 | Mayan Culture
Just like the ancient Egyptians, the ancient Mayans were a race of people that has contributed largely to what the world is right now. They have greatly contributed a lot of things and a lot of ideas especially about agriculture, astronomy, engineering, science and a...
by Dian Obligacion | Jan 29, 2014 | Mayan Culture
This November, just before Thanksgiving, I myself and my wife are planning to take the kids to a unique vacation, one that we haven’t experienced yet. We have considered a lot of things. We could go on a cruise ship vacation in the Bahamas or we can go to the...
by Dian Obligacion | Jan 23, 2014 | Mayan Superstition and beliefs
If we need to be on the progressive side of the fence, we need to look at the past. We could learn a lot of things from the past. But, the best teacher of all that comes from the past is the demise of a once-great civilization and the Mayan civilization is one of...
by Dian Obligacion | Jan 13, 2014 | Mayan Superstition and beliefs
When the year 2012 reared its head almost two years ago, everybody was in awed anticipation. Is the end of the world really at hand? Blame it on the so-called “Doomsday Mayan Prediction”. For sure, everybody still remembers that, right? According to a Mayan calendar,...
by Dian Obligacion | Jan 10, 2014 | Mayan Artwork
Long even before all people of the world knows about the Mayan calendar of doomsday, which everybody already know was not true, a lot of people are already fascinated very much by the cultures and tradition of the Mayans. Well, that is not surprising because, the fact...
by Linda McManus | Jul 16, 2013 | Mayan Customs
The Maya were a civilization with some of the most eccentric types of customs ever known to man. Actually, not all of its Mayan customs were that eccentric. The fact of the matter is, a few of their customs are akin to other different customs from different...
by Linda McManus | Jul 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Egypt and Rome were among the earliest human civilizations and so were the Maya. The Mayans can be considered as one of the earliest developed human civilization because they were noted for the fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, meaning,...
by Linda McManus | Jul 12, 2013 | Mayan Culture
They Mayan culture is undeniably known for their love of art. It can be seen through their sculptures especially on their altars and one can even see the Mayan culture in each of the bodies of the Mayan themselves through tattoos. The fact of the matter is...
by Linda McManus | Jul 10, 2013 | Mayan Artwork
The Mayan artwork is very distinctive when it comes to style and the medium they were using during the time their civilization were in power. It was during the later Pre-classic period, which is 500 B.C. to 200 A.D., that these art works of the Mayas have started to...
