Many centuries ago, the moonlight fell on this peaceful land, where the splendor and magnificence of the people were abundant, a powerful dynasty ruled by kings, the royal family enjoyed supreme power, countless wealth, all the happiness of the world, and even the life and death of all beings, that is, the Mayan kingdom. But with the advent of a catastrophe, this prosperous kingdom suddenly and mysteriously disappeared, what kind of disaster, so that this once highly civilized dynasty, from history mysteriously disappeared, this video will reveal this historical mystery for you.
In 2005, archaeologists traveled to the ancient Mayan site of Cancun, Guatemala, to investigate, and the process of investigation was so eerie that they found a large number of human skeletons in the sacred pool left by the Maya. After identification, these human skeletons have been soaked in water for more than a thousand years, which is the legacy of the period before and after the disappearance of the Mayan civilization, what terrible changes happened in that year, so that these people were all buried here, what is the relationship between this and the disappearance of the Mayan civilization?
Some people say that it is a sacrifice, because in the Maya cognition, sacrifice is a sacred and solemn thing, they believe that blood is the best sacrifice of the gods, only with the blood of people to worship the gods, the gods will give them enough food in return, so that they can continue to multiply, but according to the custom, not everyone has the opportunity to become a sacrifice of the gods, the Maya will choose one or two people with higher status, as sacrifices to the gods, but also will hold a grand ceremony. However, the human skeletons found in the sacred pool do not look like sacrifices dedicated to the gods.
They were numerous and scattered irregularly, and the Mayan sacrifices were never so casual. After archaeologists have identified these people, these people did not die from living sacrifices, nor did they die naturally, so who were these people, why did they die collectively, and who killed them?
After further study of the bones, archaeologists found that the bones ranged from men to women, dozens of years old, and even children of several years. They also found that these people were most likely killed by blunt objects, some were cut throats, some were severed limbs, and some had their heads shattered by heavy blows, and it was obvious that these people died in the massacre, and the methods of massacre were extremely bad and cruel.
Some people said that these people may have died from foreign invasions, they plundered the property created by the Mayans, and finally killed the Mayans in a cruel way, but the next discovery ruthlessly overturned this conjecture, on these bones are worn a large number of jade and other ornaments, for the Mayans, jade is more precious than gold, and some of them wear something more valuable than jade, a necklace made of jaguar teeth, a jaguar has 4 canine teeth, A necklace unearthed in Cancun has a total of 36 canine teeth, which means that the production of such a necklace requires the hunting of 9 jaguars, which shows its value.
But these valuable things have been preserved, if these people died of robbery, then these things should be looted to be enough, how can they be preserved intact, although these jade and necklaces can not prove that these people died of robbery, but they provide valuable clues to determine the identity of these people, the dead in the mud pond wear jade, all belong to the upper class to wear items, which is enough to show that the identity of these dead people is not ordinary.
In addition, experts also found that the deceased also wore the tail feathers of the green-biting crane, which in the Mayan culture symbolized a high status and could only be possessed by nobles, so the discovery of jade necklaces and tail feathers can conclude that these tragic deaths should be the aristocratic class of the Maya.
In addition to the Mayan sacred pool, experts also found an extremely simple shallow pit tomb with a fragmented male corpse and many exquisite and valuable ornaments on the body, and after several studies of the objects in the pit, the experts concluded that this was a Ruler of the Maya, The King of Cancun, Kamash (shi), and the people in the sacred pool that were previously discovered should be of the same period, both around 800 AD.
This series of discoveries, the mystery of the disappearance of the Mayan civilization seems to have been called out, a large number of aristocratic classes died around 800 AD, The King of Cancun Canmash also died around 800 AD, the city of Cancun suddenly disappeared from history around 800 AD, the Maya abandoned their cities around 800 AD Unknown where to go, a massacre of humanity, the humble funeral of a king, the sudden demise of cities, the unexplained decline of a brilliant civilization, all of this happened at the same time, This seems to be unrelated, but in fact it is a hidden mystery.
The demise of the Mayan civilization was directly linked to the demise of the Mayan nobility, a dynasty of several city-states, and the king of Cancun was the ruler of the dynasty, and the city of Cancun naturally became the core of the dynasty, while the owners of the rest of the city-states became the aristocratic class. According to relevant studies, before Kamash became the ruler of the Maya, The Taghi Chanak, the king of Cancun, was an outstanding king, and in order to make the Maya live a good life, he was willing to sacrifice himself as a sacrifice to the gods, so he was recognized by the Mayan nobles and people, so during the reign of Taji Chanak, there was no obvious contradiction and conflict between the Mayan royal family and the nobility, so the Maya could live in peace.
But after taji Chanak's death, Kamash became the new Mayan ruler, but this ruler was not recognized by the Mayan nobles, so the contradiction between the nobles and the royal family became more and more acute, the entire Mayan kingdom began to fall apart, the royal family and the nobles wanted to improve their status, so they launched a fierce competition, the competition between the rulers, must consume quite a lot of resources, the royal nobles competed to build magnificent buildings in order to improve their prestige among their subjects, and they did not need to pay any price for it. Including money, because these heavy burdens fall on ordinary people in the form of taxation and servitude.
In order to satisfy the luxuries of the upper class and compete with each other, the middle and lower classes of the society bear more and more heavy social burdens, which makes their lives very difficult, from this point of view, the bloody massacre in the Cancun rainforest, it seems that everything is not difficult to understand, the fire of hatred that has been accumulated in the heart for a long time, between the commoners and the nobles, between the nobles and the nobles, between the kings and the kings, the senseless comparison and power struggle consumes limited wealth and food, the Maya simply can not survive, So they chose to flee this land of right and wrong to go elsewhere, and some even killed Kamash and his family members in order to relieve the hatred in their hearts, leaving only the dozens of bones soaked in the holy pool and the simple tomb of Kamash.
Since then, the original bustling city of Cancun has become a desolate scene, the Mayan civilization has prospered for more than a thousand years, the Maya people with extraordinary wisdom have built majestic palaces, calculated a fairly accurate astronomical calendar, invented the most complex and perfect written writing system in the Americas, drawn a starry sky map, they conquered nature, conquered time, conquered the whole world, but there is one thing they have never been able to conquer, that is, they can not conquer themselves, And it was this that eventually led to the rapid demise of the entire Mayan civilization.