By the time the Spanish began arriving in the “Americas” in 1492, most of the great Maya cities were abandoned and overgrown by the jungle.

The city of Mirador was abandoned around the year 900 and was not re-discovered until 1926.  In other words: after the jungle grew up around the city, it took 1,000 years for us to find it again.  Even in a helicopter, it’s difficult to tell that this isn’t just a mountain covered with trees.  No wonder the Spanish explorers never found most of the ancient Maya cities.

The Temple of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza.  If you paid attention during the DVD, you heard about the shadow of the serpent that only exists on the first day of fall (autumnal equinox) and the first day of spring (spring equinox).  The stone head of the snake is always at the bottom of the pyramid.  This video shows how the sun lights up the snake head and the bright portion above the shadows creates the body of the serpent.

More info about the Temple of Kukulcan at Chichen Itza: The city of Chichen Itza was not overgrown by vegetation when then Spanish arrived.  Although the great years of power were gone, the city had not been completed abandoned.  The Spanish called the great temple, “El Castillo,” which means “The Castle.”

One last video: the Maya had some very creative ways to treat illnesses an diseases.  Instead of using stitches for a bad cut, they would take a large species of ant.  The ant would bite on both sides of the cut.  Once the ant had clamped down, the Maya would rip off the ant’s body, but the jaws would remain closed.  Check it out… unless you think it will gross you out.

And now for the keynote of my trip to several Maya ruins.

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