Chapter 1854： Mysterious Maya (4)

Although Dick Gill did not dismiss the alien's statement, but he did not hold much hope. The most accurate description of ignorance is that he has his own set of theories.

"I have been researching on this subject for many years, and I have a bold guess that the disappearance of Mayan civilization was actually caused by drought."

Yang Cheng heard that Dick Gill finally returned to the question mentioned before, and couldn't help asking, "So you think natural disasters are the main reason for the Maya's demise?"

Dick Gill nodded deeply, "Yes, after several years of traveling in Mexico, the Arctic and other regions, I finally found evidence of a major drought in the tropical rain forests of China and the United States in the 9th century.

However, the theory that the highly developed civilization disappeared in just one hundred years due to drought does not seem to be accepted. At least a few of my friends in the academic circle do not accept this speculation. "

Yang Cheng also put forward a different view, "How do you explain the Mayan massacre site found in the Cancun jungle?"

Dick Gill fell silent, and Yang Cheng had to find clues on the blackboard by himself. Sure enough, in a corner of the blackboard, in an area surrounded by chalk, it was the cruel crime scene left by the Mayans more than 1,000 years ago.

It was a huge puddle full of bones. It is not difficult to imagine the scene at that time. People were brutally killed, then they were thrown into the puddle and soaked for thousands of years.

Is this a sacrifice?

Just as the achievements in mathematics and astronomy are undeniable, the Maya's appetite for violence and killing cannot be questioned.

Regardless of alien arguments, sacrifice is a very important ceremony for the Mayans. The Mayans believe that the gods are supported by human blood, so they offer blood to the gods, hoping that the gods will give them enough food to harvest. Repay and recognize their king's divine status.

Therefore, one possible answer to the Cancun Jungle Massacre is that these dead are sacrifices to the gods.

However, by convention, the Mayans would choose one or two people with high status as sacrifices to the gods, and they would also hold a grand ceremony.

However, too many dead people were buried in the jungle, and their bones were littered. These people did not seem to have died normally, nor did they die at the sacrifices of living people. So, who are they? Why was it killed? Did the Maya really kill them?

Near the bones, archaeologists also found some pottery pieces. After identification, they were proved to be from 800 AD.

This is a very crucial clue that shows that this appalling and tragic massacre occurred more than 1,200 years ago.

Later, after scientific identification, the bones of those deceased were proved to be not all men, but also women and children.

In the countries of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras today, 1200 years ago, they were once the territory of the Mayan Empire, scattered with about 50 independent city-states. The Mayans built majestic buildings on this land, and Countless exquisite works of art have invented the most complex written text system and precise astronomical calendar in the American continent, and even drawn the entire sky map.

Among these city-states, Cancun is by no means the largest, but it has the most advantageous geographical location.

Cancun is located at the intersection of the main trade routes between the Maya city-states. The Mayans must pass through Cancun to buy and sell goods and transport goods, which is equivalent to today's cargo transit center.

In addition, Cancun has a powerful and outstanding king-Taji Chanak, who ruled Cancun for 40 years.

Each Mayan city has its own king, but Taji Chanak is the most extraordinary of these kings. He led his subjects to hold large-scale sacrificial rituals, sacrifice blood, pray for peace, prosperity, and rain for life. He even hurt his body-cut his body, cut his tongue, and pierce his own organs.

It is precisely because of the ‘Holy King’ like Taji Chanak and its strategic position as a gathering place for trade routes, Cancun has been pushed to the pinnacle of power and wealth.

However, in just 100 years, Cancun and all the Mayan cities around it have become dead cities.

The body of the dead, where the massacre site is located, is actually a pool near the Cancun Royal Palace-it was once the holy pool of the Mayans.

Of course, when they were discovered, this place had long been an unattended mud pond in the depths of the rainforest. The corpses sank into the muddy bottom of the pond. The silt and pool water covered the bones. This also made them survive the 1200 years of changes. To severe damage.

When archaeologists excavated the bones and used science and technology to examine them, in addition to determining the gender of the deceased, they also found that compared with normal human skulls, the skulls of these deceased were obviously abnormal—the forehead of the deceased was obviously facing Retract so that the sides of the head bulge outward, looking like corn on the cob.

And science proves that this is not a physical defect, that is to say, it is not caused by congenital,

Experts who have studied the Mayan civilization in depth know that in the Maya civilization, only the royal family can have a corn-shaped skull. When the child of the Mayan royal family is not fully developed, the head will be clamped with a wooden board to make the skull slowly It grows into a vertical shape as a sacrifice to the **** of corn. After all, corn once occupied an important place in the lives of the Mayans.

In the mud pools of Cancun, archaeologists also found some things, such as jade!

For the Maya, jade is a precious treasure more precious than gold.

The deceased found in the mud pool were wearing jadeware Some of them were wearing something more precious than jade-a necklace made of jaguar teeth.

A jaguar has 4 canine teeth, and a necklace unearthed in Cancun has 36 canine teeth. This means that at least 9 jaguars need to be hunted to make such a necklace, which is of great value.

In addition, the deceased also wore the tail feathers of the green cuckoo. In Maya culture, this extremely beautiful feather symbolizes a lofty status. Only nobles can have it, because ordinary people are not allowed to commit suicide to harm the green cuckoo, otherwise they will be Put to death.

Jade, pearls, jaguar canine tooth necklace and green cuckoo feathers, these things were only owned by nobles and royal families in the ancient Maya, and princes and nobles hoped that they could still have a luxurious life after death, so they wore jewelry and held jade to welcome them. Death, their bodies are coated with cinnabar, which symbolizes that life can be eternal, and they also wear delicate masks to cover up the corruption of their bodies.

Therefore, the identity of the deceased in the Cancun rainforest is clear, they are the nobles of the time.

What does this prove? It proves that the massacre 1200 years ago was definitely not an ordinary killing, but a targeted one.

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