Mayan civilization

The incredible Maya civilization was proficient in astronomy and mathematics, but its way of life was in the Neolithic Age.

For the Mayan civilization, the most familiar one is the 2012 doomsday prophecy. According to the records of the Mayans, the Earth is divided into five "solar periods".

The first "solar era" was the Gundam civilization, where men had three eyes and superpowers; The second "solar age", the Mesopotamian civilization, lived on the present-day Antarctic continent; The third "solar era" was the Murya civilization, which was adept at utilizing the energy of plants; The fourth "solar era" was the Atlantis civilization, which possessed the power of light; The fifth "solar era" is our current human civilization.

The fifth solar physical era began in 3113 BC and ended on December 21, 2012, coinciding with 5125 AD.

According to the Mayan calendar, in the fifth solar year, both the Earth and the entire solar system pass through a beam of light from the Milky Way. The width of this ray is 5121 Earth years, which means it will take 5125 years for the Earth to pass through this ray.

At the end of each solar era, the Earth will experience a major and thrilling period.

Now, 10 years have passed since 2012, and the Earth is still the same, there is no such thing as the end of the world. Therefore, some people also pointed out that the end of the world referred to by the Mayans was only the end of a calendar cycle.

The Mayan civilization has always been full of mystery because it left too many unsolved mysteries for future generations. For example, their binary arithmetic is very similar to today's computer "binary"; For example, in their astronomical calendar, why is there a calendar period of "260 days per year"? For example, there is an astronomical observation point at the top of their pyramid, facing Uranus.

So many "modern high-tech like" things make people wonder: "How high did the Maya civilization develop? Will they immigrate from aliens to Earth?".

However, according to current research results, the Mayans are a very serious "biased student".

In astronomy and mathematics, they have surpassed the level of their time, but in terms of lifestyle, they are in the Neolithic Age. From beginning to end, they have not mastered bronze ware and metallurgical technology, let alone other high-tech fields.

Maya: A branch of Native Americans.

The Mayans lived near present-day Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras in South America, belonging to a branch of Native Americans. "Native Americans" refers to all indigenous people living on the American continent, except for the Inuit people.

The Maya civilization is one of the three major civilizations in America, with the other two being the Inca civilization and the Aztec civilization.

Compared with ancient civilizations such as China, Egypt, and India, the Maya civilization is not a "river civilization", but a "jungle civilization".

Ancient civilizations such as China, India, and Egypt were all built on the foundation of great rivers. The Mayan civilization was established in the tropical forests of South America. And they have never established a unified empire, but scattered into hundreds of independent city states, each of which is a country.

Around 1500 BC, the Mayan civilization began to emerge in South America and reached its peak in the 3rd century AD. With the help of Neolithic technology, they established a complete city-state.

In 2018, archaeologists discovered a huge Mayan urban agglomeration in the jungle of Guatemala in South America. These urban agglomerations include huge palaces, houses, and other buildings. In addition, they also discovered a large number of city walls, fortresses, terraces, canals, reservoirs, drainage ditches, etc.

The Mayans had planting techniques. In order to grow food, they had to cut down a large amount of forests. Under the erosion of rainwater, exposed soil will turn into saline alkali land in a few years. Because the Mayans did not have the technology to domesticate animals, it was impossible for animal manure to make the soil fertile.

In order to obtain more land, they had to constantly cut down forests. Over time, their living environment deteriorated, leading to continuous attacks between the city states. Finally, the Mayans had to abandon the city-state on which they relied for survival.

The Mayan city-state was once very prosperous. They built large palaces and pyramids, and a large amount of Mayan script was burned on stone tablets. They even had the earliest trade, with cocoa beans and obsidian being their main export commodities.

However, since the 9th century AD, the Mayans have rapidly declined. Some migrating Mayans established small city states in the northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula, and the Mayan civilization was gradually replaced by Aztec script.

In 519, Spanish colonizers landed in America and quickly conquered the Aztec Empire with guns and artillery. In 1526, a Spanish exploration team landed on the Yucatan Peninsula, where the Mayans fought a hundred year guerrilla war against the Spanish and were ultimately defeated by them.

Today, there are still Mayans living in Central and South America. They would say Mayan prophecies, but the most essential aspects of astronomy, calendar, and arithmetic in Mayan civilization have been lost.

The Mayans have become the most common Native Americans.

Maya: A Serious "Branch" in Astronomy, Mathematics, and Architecture

The Mayan civilization is the only one among the three great written texts in America that has been written down and passed down. Their astronomy, calendar, arithmetic, and architecture are far beyond their expected level.

According to archaeological discoveries, the Mayan civilization was a Stone Age civilization. They can play with stones to the extreme, and even carve out hollow stone tools. But they had no metallurgical technology from beginning to end, no bronze ware, wheels, firearms, and more advanced weapons.

However, they are able to explain the universe and astronomy clearly. They estimated a year to be 365.242129 days, which is only slightly different from the current state-of-the-art technology estimate of 365.242198 days.

The Mayans had long mastered the laws of the movement of the sun, moon, and stars. They have several complex calendars, including a golden calendar with 260 days per year, a lunar calendar with 6 months per year, and a solar calendar with 365 days per year.

Among them, the "Golden Zhuo Calendar" with a cycle of 260 days is the most special.

It takes 365 days for the Earth to orbit the Sun once. This pattern has not changed for thousands of years. Even if there are changes, there are still some subtle differences. It is absolutely impossible to experience a shortage of 100 days.

So, Maya, why is there a record of 260 days a year? In the solar system, no planet has a orbital period of 260 days.

The only possibility is that there is a planet between Venus and Earth, with a possible orbital period of 260 days. There is no such planet among the eight known planets in the solar system.

However, based on current exploration of Venus, we have found a huge asteroid belt between Venus and Earth. Is that where the Mayans used to live? Because of the explosion, they came to Earth?

There are over 800 Mayan scripts that make up over 20000 words. After being deciphered by language experts, most of these texts record changes in the sun, moon, numbers, direction, and color.

The Mayans also divided the year into 18 months, each with 20 days and 5 special days, which happened to be 365 days.

In addition, the Mayans also had a great passion for studying Venus. They calculated that the year on Venus is 584 days, which is almost the same as the value calculated by modern science.

This has to make people think, why did the Mayans have such a great research spirit in astronomy?

The Mayans had their own unique counting method, similar to the secondary code of our current computers.

The Mayans used a dot, a cross, and a shell symbol representing zero to represent numbers, and used binary. This counting method has many similarities with astronomical counting methods.

Archaeologists have found through their research on this counting method that the numbers recorded on a carved stone pillar in Guatemala were between 400 million and 90 million years ago.

Let's talk about the Mayan pyramids again.

Many people know about the pyramids in Egypt, but they are unaware that the Mayan civilization in South America also had pyramids. But unlike the Egyptian pyramids, it is not a pharaoh's tomb, but a building used for worship and astronomical observation.

In the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, there is a Chenchi Itza Observatory, which was left behind by the Mayans. There is a huge stone blanket filled with water next to the observatory, and changes in celestial bodies can be observed through the reflection of water.

Mysteriously, according to modern scientific research, the celestial bodies observed by this observatory are Uranus and Neptune. These two planets were only discovered in the 18th century.

In addition, the steps of the pyramid are also very particular.

There are 91 steps on each side of the tower, and 364 steps on all sides. Including the platform at the top of the tower, there are exactly 365 steps, which coincides with 365 days a year. In addition, the pyramid is divided into 9 layers, and the entire staircase is divided into 18 parts, corresponding to 18 months of the year.

The astronomical position of the Mayan pyramids was also calculated very accurately. The light from Sirius passes through the airflow passage on the south wall and reaches the hall above; The light from the North Star passes through the airflow passage of the North Wall and enters the hall below.

Through the above analysis, it can be found that the so-called "Mayan civilization" is highly concentrated in the fields of astronomy and calendar, as well as mathematics and architecture related to astronomy. In other aspects, there is not much difference in the way of life between the Mayans and primitive tribes.

This almost "abnormal" development of civilization makes us doubt whether the Mayans from another planet were trapped on Earth for some reason, leaving behind a large number of astronomical records.

However, so far, we have only speculated without any evidence to prove it. The sudden emergence and disappearance of the Maya civilization is enough for future generations to study for countless years.