By: Tyler, Travis,
Natashia
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
Inside Tikal
Tikal's population was
estimated to be 60,000
people
Structures were built around
courtyards or plazas
Maya’s architecture is mad
up of sophisticated
decorations and art,
expressed through
carvings and wall painting
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
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
History
The Mayan’s believed that they were made of corn
and blood
The historians found a secret passage which lead to
the corps of King Pacal
History
In the 1830’s the temples were already in
ruins
People have been studying and trying to
unravel the history of the Maya for
hundreds of years
Maya Math
The Mayans could calculate were Mars
would move, and even eclipse TwentyTwo years before it would actually
happen
Mayan Mathematics
The Mayans math systems were made
up of dots, dashes, and for zero, a
shell
Mayan Mathematics
The Mayans calendar was off by 33 seconds per
The Mayan’s mathematics
were so advanced they developed the concept of
zero 2,000 years before the Europeans
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