There
are many ancient civilizations that have
exited and flourished from around
3600BC
to 500BC. Some of these civilizations include
the Sumerian civilization, the
ancient
Egypt civilization, the Babylonian Empire, and
the Roman Empire. All these
civilizations
were unique in their practices and had special
cultures which they
observed
and paid a great deal of respect to. These
civilizations in their practices
reviewed
to modern civilization through writings and
signs important facts about our
planetary
systems. These aforementioned ancient
civilizations had knowledge about
cosmology
and attempted to give interpretation about
these cosmic activities by
putting
them into drawings on monuments they built
during their time of existence.
Among
these ancient civilizations, the Mayan
civilization stands tall and had a very
good
understanding about how our planetary systems
work and continued to create
calendars
to mark some of these important cosmic
activities that occur in our
universe.
In fact, the Mayan are known for their
phenomenally accurate, complex,
calculations
of the orbits of stars, planets and moon, and
precise reckoning of the
solstices and eclipses. What is intriguing is that the Mayan people did not have any
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sophisticated machines to look through the sky
to understand how the planetary systems work.
They were mere sky watchers who looked into
the skies and base on the positions of some
stars planned their
cultural
activities and other important days of
celebration and yet were able to predict one
of the most important
cosmic
alignment of the sun and the Milky Way. The
purpose of this article is to examine the lives
of the people of
ancient
Maya civilization and to explore the science
and physics behind their culture and
activities.