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Lost Temples: Mayan Pyramids of Chichen Itza



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Why did the Maya abandon their magnificent city of Chichen Itza?
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Wow, sad that ... ( 2 months ago by eatmyballllz)
Wow, sad that National Geographic would use a lot of old ass and incorrect data. The lady even pronounced the name of the site incorretly.
Also, what dumbass said "the calendar was set by the aztec not mayas." The Maya came before the "Aztec" and it's known the "Aztec" copied the Mayan calendar, and not even half as well as the Maya originally made it.
ok here we go: when ... ( 2 months ago by unnormal9)
ok here we go: when tahat war happend they threatend other people
u know if ur ... ( 2 months ago by CRAZYM3X187)
u know if ur mexican ur have of that!!!
the true aztec ... ( 2 months ago by Cuauht3emoc)
the true aztec language is nahuatl i look nothing like a spainiard i am as dark as my ancestors screw the spaniard bastards they destroyed our culture and brought christianity with them screw them replace them with our temples now ! and they replaced our beautiful language with spanish fuck spanish i never speak the language that killed my country Mexica was the aztec name of the country i am happy at least 1 million in mexica still speaks nahuatl and yeah the mayans are cool too
fuck spain the ugly ... ( 2 months ago by Cuauht3emoc)
fuck spain the ugly european dogs
hernan cortes if ... ( 2 months ago by Cuauht3emoc)
hernan cortes if hell exist i hope you burn in hell
The Aztec calendar ... ( 1 month ago by Toodles213)
The Aztec calendar wasnt a copy of the Maya. The reason the Aztec and Mayan calendar were so similar was because they were both Mesoamerican civilizations. The Aztec calendar was made before the Aztec ever met the Mayans. Their both Mesoamerican, thats why the Aztecs and Mayans are similar.
Wait, the winner ... ( 1 month ago by Aiath86)
Wait, the winner was sacrificed, not the loser.
u know, if the ... ( 1 month ago by evilstewie360)
u know, if the spanish hadnt invaded the aztecs, mexico could have been different
yes but this is ... ( 1 month ago by SaiKaNNo88)
yes but this is maya civilization! aztecs was after of mayans!
yes it was the best ... ( 1 month ago by SaiKaNNo88)
yes it was the best blood for the gods! the winners blood!
he didnt say they ... ( 1 month ago by emagdnim88)
he didnt say they were aztecs!!!
this is really ... ( 1 month ago by undergroundhuman92)
this is really interesting im mayan im from chiapas mexico,now i live in kentucky usa i speak the mayan lenguaje "tzeltal" and i know the mayan calendar its 18 month with 20 days each and you add 5 days(cinco dias sobrantes) it makes 365 my granfhater say the world will end in 2012 but you never know, if someone wanna know about mayan i,will free to ask i will answer it. thanks this is really good video and i apologize if this is not how u suppost to writte its hard mayan, spanish n english
The winners were to ... ( 1 month ago by clowndiov18)
The winners were to be sacrificed not the losers... it was an honor to them beacause they belived that when they got sacrificed they would return as a god
Fuck. I hate how ... ( 4 weeks ago by iHeartKT)
Fuck. I hate how you say "Chichen Itza" stupid lady!
Whoever said the " ... ( 4 weeks ago by eatmyballllz)
Whoever said the "Aztec(Their proper name is MEXICA)" calendar came before the Maya calendar is misinformed. The Mexica had not even attained civilization when the Maya calendar was invented.
It is also widely known that the Mexica drew influence from other civilizations, including the Maya. And many elements of the Mexica calendar is derived from the Maya calendar. Also learn to use "they're" and also learn meso americans aren't interchangeable racist.
The audio ... ( 3 weeks ago by joanfles)
The audio information is wrong!!!! somebody change it. The winnerS of the "game of ball" were sacrificed. It was an honor.
I thought this ... ( 3 weeks ago by sainters7)
I thought this information was still up in the air over what happened, there's really no definitive answer. They're not sure if it was the winners or the losers who were sacrificed. They're not even sure if it was the whole team who was sacrificed, or just the captain.
I agree though that she shouldn't sound so definitive in her answer when its really not known what actually happened.
i'm maya from ... ( 3 weeks ago by xxchapin3)
i'm maya from central america.speak a maya lenguage kakchikel
Say "Chichen Itza" ... ( 3 weeks ago by mgtonio)
Say "Chichen Itza" right!, pinche pendeja gringa.
Shes pronouncing ... ( 3 weeks ago by mgtonio)
Shes pronouncing Chichen Itza wrong and giving false information about this ancient city.
I'm Mexican and i ... ( 3 weeks ago by radiactivo357)
I'm Mexican and i used to live between Mexico city and Acapulco, recently a friend of mine who lives for about 30 miles away from my city found some kind of ancient idol figure very very similar to the mayan style and there are even some ruins in a place called Xochipala in Guerrero state, this ruins are maya stile building, for sure long long time ago maya's left their city's to come to this part or other civilization had communication with them!
it is very ... ( 2 weeks ago by fernandex7)
it is very intesting to see how the so called aztec are not anymore aztec and want include the mayan in their little world since the mayan are gaining momentunt, they also want to be part of the mesoamerican sphere....how ramera is that mexica culture.... since the beginning they used to hate everything from chiapas ....mayan fuck up mexico and be part of your own country for god sake.............
I've taken a couple ... ( 6 days ago by sainters7)
I've taken a couple classes, but I'm far from an expert. I'm just going on what I've read in textbooks from classes I've taken, in which they've said its inconclusive.



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