Tag: Mayan

Today the Mayan culture exists through ethnic memory, museum artifacts, archaeological ruins and derivative languages. The soul of any culture or civilization is the people who actively practice its beliefs and philosophies. It pains to see that once such a rich & thriving civilization, like oth...

The Mayan civilization, which reached its height between AD 250 and 900, was known for its advanced knowledge of mathematics, astronomy, and architecture. One of the most intriguing aspects of Mayan mathematics is their use of the base-20 number system, which includes the concept of zero as a placeh...