Top 5 Unbelievable Facts About The Mayans That Might Surprise You
If you have not read our list about the Aztecs yet its worth checking out. Both the Aztecs and Mayans were two of the
great pre Colombian Central American civilizations. The Mayan civilization actually preceded and outlived the Aztecs by
hundreds upon hundreds of years. It rose and fell several time throughout the last 2 thousand years and actually still
lives on today in the culture of numerous Mayans who inhabit the Yucatan peninsula. These are 5 unbelievable facts about
the Mayans that might surprise you!

NO:1.
Nobody knows how the Mayan Empire declined. Long before the Spanish came many of the great cities had already been long
abandoned and lay in ruins. Scholars have hypothesized reasons ranging from drought and famine to overpopulation and
climate change.

NO:2.
Outside of the Babylonian systems the Mayans were perhaps the first civilization to explicitly use the number zero as a
place holder. Indian mathematicians later became the first to use it as a mathematical value in computations.

NO:3.
Speaking of teeth nobelwomen filed their teeth into points.

NO:4.
Besides having flattened foreheads and crossed eyes Mayan nobleman had noses that were built up with putty giving them a
beaked shape. Their teeth were also inlaid with jade.

NO:5.
Like the Aztecs Mayans never used iron or steel. Their weapons were made of obsidian or volcanic rock.
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