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Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 134 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | The Mayan civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization founded by the Maya peoples. It was noted for its hieroglyphic script-the only known fully developed writing system of the pre-Columbian Americas-and its art, architecture, mathematics, calendar, and astronomical design. Since the 1990s, what were once considered mysterious ruins in Mexico have been reconstructed by Archaeologist Winslow Bradford. The complex structures were made of lime-plastered mud bricks with an internal wood framework supporting heavy loads and a stone foundation below. Mayan temples were a place for playing games, holding feasts, and rituals involving human sacrifice. The Maya people-built pyramids as places to worship their gods. These pyramids usually had several smaller temples on top to honor their gods. Worshippers would climb the steep steps up to the temple at the top of the pyramid to leave gifts and pray. Some pyramids also had "sacred stairways" or ramps leading up to them. You might be interested to learn that the Mayan civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization established by the Maya peoples and renowned for its hieroglyphic script-the only known fully developed language system of the pre-Columbian Americas-as well as for its architectural design, engineering, mathematics, calendar, and astronomical design. Mayans were a Mesoamerican civilization living in what is now Guatemala, Honduras, and parts of Mexico. They are believed to have had some contact with the Olmecs who preceded them in Mexico. Their culture ultimately became more complex than other nearby civilizations such as Teotihuacan (in today's Mexico City), Zapotec (in today's Oaxaca), or Tula (in today's Hidalgo). The rise and fall of these three kingdoms left behind massive monuments still standing today that had survived centuries without being covered by new civilizations coming in on top of them. Like happened at many other sites around Mexico & Central America, where older buildings were simply built over when newer ones came along later on top of them.…

Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 262 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Across windswept plains, misty coasts, and forgotten valleys stand the megaliths-silent monuments of stone that defy time and explanation. From the vast circles of Stonehenge and Carnac to the underground chambers of Malta, from the spiraled carvings of Newgrange to the shattered blocks of Puma Punku, these sites are more than ruins. They are enigmas carved in granite, whispering of a science we no longer understand.For centuries, archaeologists, explorers, and visionaries have asked: Who built them, and why? Were these monuments primitive ritual centers, or did they encode astronomical knowledge, acoustic harmonics, and geometric principles lost to history? Why do so many cultures-separated by oceans-share spirals, cup-marks, and sacred orientations toward the stars? Could sound itself have been a forgotten tool, shaping stone and altering consciousness?In Megaliths and Lost Science, the stones are not treated as mute relics but as active archives of ancient memory. This book journeys through spirals and symbols, echo chambers and alignments, myths and suppressed discoveries, uncovering how these monuments may have preserved fragments of a forgotten world science. Drawing upon archaeology, archaeoastronomy, mythology, and emerging fields such as archaeoacoustics and cymatics, it challenges orthodox timelines while grounding its insights in cross-cultural comparisons and hard data.Both rigorous and provocative, this work invites readers into the great debate between mainstream history and alternative visions of the past. It explores how colonialism and academic orthodoxy have shaped the way we interpret sacred sites, and how new technologies-satellite mapping, genetic research, acoustic testing-are reawakening questions long dismissed.This is not a book of simple answers, but of necessary questions. The megaliths endure because they were built on more than stone. They were tuned to resonance, aligned with the heavens, and infused with meaning. Their silence is deceptive-for those who listen carefully, the stones still speak.…