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Hi my name is Leon I am working alone on this padlet and I love history and I am doing my about the lost city of maya

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My BIG Question…

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For my end show case I am thinking about making a model of a statue of Mayan god or make a temple and I am thinking of making it out of clay kapla or lego

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For my end show case I am thinking about making a model of a statue of Mayan god or make a temple and I am thinking of making it out of clay kapla or lego

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The Maya worshipped many gods. Mayan gods could change themselves into human and animal shapes. Priests performed ceremonies to keep the gods happy. The Maya thought the world was divided into three parts the Heavens, the Earth, and the Underworld, which were linked together by a giant World Tree.

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Chaac - the rain god

Yum Kaax - the nature god

Hunab Ku - the one god

Ix Chel - the goddess of medicine and childbirth

Kinich Ahau - the sun god

Ek Chuaj - merchant deity and god of cacao

Kukulkan - the serpent god

The Death Gods

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https://www.twinkl.co.uk/teaching-wiki/mayan-gods-goddesses

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While Gucumatz was the most popular god, Hunab-Ku is considered the supreme deity of the pantheon of the Maya, known as `Sole God.

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What countries and content started the Mayan civilisation?￼

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What countries and content started the Mayan civilisation?￼

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Where did the Maya live? Mayan civilization occupied much of the northwestern part of the isthmus of Central America, from Chiapas and Yucatán, now part of southern Mexico, through Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, and El Salvador and into Nicaragua. According to

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjf6q_4l-n3AhWPT8AKHZCkAgQQFnoECAQQAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Ftopic%2FMaya-people&usg=AOvVaw0X1BMgvV3ZCcZqE-398O7E

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John Lloyd Stephens | American archaeologist

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John Lloyd Stephens, (born Nov. 28, 1805, Shrewsbury, N.J., U.S.—died Oct. 12, 1852, New York City), American traveler and archaeologist whose exploration of Maya ruins in Central America and Mexico (1839–40 and 1841–42) generated the archaeology of Middle America. According to https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwj58tHb2On3AhWyoFwKHf5tArMQFnoECBoQAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Fbiography%2FJohn-Lloyd-Stephens&usg=AOvVaw1WJGWmnwCR-3KEBJN2-_Xf

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John Lloyd Stephens, (born Nov. 28, 1805, Shrewsbury, N.J., U.S.-died Oct. 12, 1852, New York City), American traveler and archaeologist whose exploration of Maya ruins in Central America and Mexico (1839-40 and 1841-42) generated the archaeology of Middle America.

Bored with the practice of law and advised to travel for reasons of health, in 1834 he set out on a journey that took him through eastern Europe and the Middle East, where he was particularly drawn to many of the archaeological sites. Two popular books resulted, Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land, 2 vol. (1837), and Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 2 vol. (1838), with drawings by the English illustrator and archaeologist Frederick Catherwood.

Reports of the existence of ancient ruins in Central America and Yucatán stirred Stephens' curiosity to locate and explore them. He obtained an appointment as U.S. chargé d'affaires to Central America through the influence of President Martin Van Buren, and in 1839, accompanied by Catherwood, he went to Central America, then torn by political upheaval and civil war. Their progress to Copán, Honduras, was imperiled first by local strife and then by the hazards and extreme hardships of travel through dense, dark jungle. At times they nearly despaired of finding what they sought, but their perseverance was vastly rewarded. After coming upon a wall of uncertain significance, they were stunned by the appearance of a magnificently carved stone stela (slab).

Other discoveries-more stelae, terraces, stairways, and walls with strange and fantastic ornamentation-came in quick succession. Stephens "purchased" the extensive site for $50, and work progressed in clearing away the jungle overgrowth. There and elsewhere, including Uxmal and Palenque in Mexico, Catherwood set about drawing the Maya remains. The report of the first expedition, Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, 2 vol. (1841), and the subsequent publication of Catherwood's superb drawings caused a storm of popular and scholarly interest and precipitated much study of earlier, mostly forgotten accounts of the lands of the Maya by Spanish conquerors and explorers.

After their second expedition, Stephens and Catherwood published Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, 2 vol. (1843), containing accounts of visits to the remains of 44 ancient sites. Stephens' last years were devoted to directing the first American transatlantic steamship company and to developing a railroad across the Isthmus of Panama.

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John Lloyd Stephens | American archaeologist

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John Lloyd Stephens, (born Nov. 28, 1805, Shrewsbury, N.J., U.S.-died Oct. 12, 1852, New York City), American traveler and archaeologist whose exploration of Maya ruins in Central America and Mexico (1839-40 and 1841-42) generated the archaeology of Middle America.

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How does it work?

It is a solar calendar, and it has 365 days. This calendar is divided into 18 months, which have 20 days each. The extra 5 days at the end of the year make up their own month, called the Uayeb or "nameless days". On these 5 days, Mayan people would not leave their homes, as these were thought to be dangerous times.

Do people still use mayan calendar ?

The Mayan calendar dates back to at least the 5th century BCE and it is still in use in some Mayan communities today. However, even though the Mayans contributed to the further development of

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Most Maya today observe a religion composed of ancient Maya ideas, animism and Catholicism. Some Maya still believe, for example, that their village is the ceremonial centre of a world supported at its four corners by gods.

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The Mayan pyramids were built mostly between the 3 rd and 9 th century AD by the Maya, a Mesoamerican civilization that arose around 1500 BC. These pyramids are located in eastern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador and they vary in style and design

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Was the Mayan civilisation ment to be hidden or not?

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Was the Mayan civilisation ment to be hidden or not?

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he Maya haven’t disappeared.
Just as the fall of Rome didn't meant the end of Romans, the decline of great Maya metropolises, such as Guatemala’s Tikal, which reached its apex in the ninth century, doesn’t mean the indigenous people have vanished. About 40 percent of Guatemala’s 14 million people are Maya, and southern Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula are home to many more predominantly Maya regions.Not only are the Maya enduring almost five centuries after the Spanish conquest, but their cultural traditions, agrarian lifestyle, and celebratory festivals continue on. There are more than 20 distinct Maya peoples within Guatemala, each with their own culture, style of dress, and language, and hundreds of thousands more Maya live beyond the borders.

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Mayans don’t believe this world will end

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Mayans don’t believe this world will end

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Apocalyptic movies may suggest the Maya believe the end of the 5,000-plus-year calendar—December 21, 2012—is an end-times moment, but that’s just not true. Many Maya may celebrate the beginning of the next 5,125-year cycle of the Long Count calendar just as we celebrated the new millennium. But they don’t believe the end of the world is on the horizon. If anything, they’re hopeful that a new era will usher in an age of higher consciousness, greater peace, and enhanced understanding among the diverse peoples on the planet (according to

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WEB FACTS ABOUT MAYANS

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WEB FACTS ABOUT MAYANS

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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/maya-secrets

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Are mayans related to the Native Americans 

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Are mayans related to the Native Americans 

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The results of uniparental loci show that the Maya population samples are mainly composed of Native American haplogroups with a minor presence of sub-Saharan (only on the mtDNA) and/or European lineages (only on the Y chromosome)

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This theory holds that the Maya derived their entire society—including their architecture and social structure—directly from the Olmec. But Inomata's work has revealed that the Olmec is not an older civilization. In fact, Ceibal pre-dates La Venta by as long as two centuries

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Mayan and olmics YouTube video for information

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Mayan and olmics YouTube video for information

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https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwi-2dObj-v3AhUICsAKHZ-vAPsQuAJ6BAgMEAc&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DuURRfJu4mNc&usg=AOvVaw0D2m7-da6ATv3650NOFXmx

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What do they use to find the Mayan temples 

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What do they use to find the Mayan temples 

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