Mayan Architecture

This week we continued talking about the Maya's great achievements and intelligence. I was amazed at how precise their measurements and buildings were for being so primitive. They were able to design and erect buildings that have lasted for centuries. The Maya's constructed temples and palaces that were beyond the level of the Roman architects of the same time period. That to me is outstanding. The Maya have proved to be a civilization for greater and grander than I ever would have expected.

Mayan Intelligence

This week we discussed the Maya's intelligence. The Maya were actually highly intelligent for being such an ancient civilization. They had a written form of communication and a numerical system for recording numbers. There number system is really cool and I am rather surprised at how well it is for being so primitive. However, it is vegisimal and that part makes it a bit tough to figure out. The number system I know and use is based on units of 10 but the Maya used 20 as their unit. However, it is still a cool system and I can't believe how well it works. I hope to learn a bit more about their writings though. Unfortunately, they use symbols and they aren't consistent enough to be easily interpreted. The Maya are (not all that surprisingly) a very interesting and intelligent civilization.