By: Tyler, Travis, Natashia

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The mysteries of the Maya

• By Tyler, Travis, Natashia

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Tikal

• There was 10,000 structures in six square-miles
• Messengers would run from city to city urgent
  messages
• Temples were the most important buildings in the
  cities

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Inside Tikal

• Tikal's population was estimated to be 60,000
  people
• Structures were built around courtyards or
  plazas
• Mayas architecture is mad up of sophisticated
  decorations and art, expressed through carvings
  and wall painting

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Maya Cities

• A Maya city in the classic period usually
  consisted of stepping platforms topped with a
  monastery
• Maya cities were rarely laid out in neat grids
  and appeared to have developed in an unplanned
  fashion

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History

• The Mayan empire ruled part of the land for650
  years
• The population was ranged to 10,000 to 20,000
  people
• The historians found a corps covered in red
  paint like material, jewels and a jade mask

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History

• The Mayans believed that they were made of corn
  and blood
• The historians found a secret passage which lead
  to the corps of King Pacal

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History

• In the 1830s the temples were already in
  ruins
• People have been studying and trying to
  unravel the history of the Maya for hundreds of
  years

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Maya Math

• The Mayans could calculate were Mars would move,
  and even eclipse Twenty-Two years before it would
  actually happen

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Mayan Mathematics

• The Mayans math systems were made up of dots,
  dashes, and for zero, a shell

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Mayan Mathematics

• The Mayans calendar was off by 33 seconds per
  The Mayans mathematics
• were so advanced they developed the concept of
  zero 2,000 years before the Europeans

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Thank You

• Good Night