Ancient Aliens: The Great Mayan Disappearance

Tikal was perhaps the largest city of the entire classic Maya period. It really was the signature city of the Maya. It was also one of the last cities to be walked away from. So you get the impression that whatever happened that compelled people to walk away from the cities, Tikal was the last one to do it. Scholars believe that, at its height, the classic Maya population may have been as large as 20 million. But after the collapse, up to 95% of the Maya were unaccounted for. We still do not know why they left their cities because of a sudden, they disappeared. And it was not a war because there are no traces of a war, no traces of destruction. They left. We don’t know why and where they have gone. <a href="https://medium.com/@insightsintohistory/ancient-aliens-the-great-mayan-disappearance-b580fa417e75">Read More</a>