The ball game was a Mayan ritual, players struggle to pass the ball through the ring of stone

The ancient mayan civilization was developed mainly in the southeast of the current Mexico, the peninsula of Yucatan, Guatemala, Belize and in western parts of Honduras and El Salvador. An ancient maya beside a large map

A mayan priest ready for a ceremony. The prayers, the ritual dances and the oblations were very important in Mayan culture. The ceremonies were organized by the priests outdoors in front of the temples, the pyramids

A mayan woman, a woman from the ancient Mayan Empire

The wheel of civil calendar from ancient Maya civilization. The Haab calendar has a total of 365 days. The solar year was divided into 18 months of 20 days plus the five last days of the year which were the fateful Uayeb. The Mayan months are Pop, Uo, Zip, Zotz, Tzec, Xul, Yaxkin, Mol, Chen, Yax, Zac, Ceh, Mac, Kankin, Muwan, Pax, Kayab, Cumkú and the final Uayeb. coloring page

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