The Mayans

The Maya civilisation is famous for its architecture.Many city-states built large palaces, pyramids, and other public buildings that are still standing today.They were covered with carvings to honor their gods.

The Maya created many artworks for over 1500 years.The art of the Maya was heavily influenced by their religion as well as other cultures such as the Olmecs and theTolecs.The majority of their are was of their kings who wanted to be remembered throughout history

The Mayas calendar is a system of calendars used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica and in many modern communities in the Guatemalan highlands,Veracruz,Oaxaca and Chiapas,Mexico.

The Maya used a number system with the base number of 20 (we use a base-10 number system).They wrote numbers usinga system of bars andand dots.A bar represented the number 5.Every 5 numbers they added another bar.The number zero was written with a symbol that looked like a shell

The Mayans originated from Yucat'an peninsular in southeastern Mexico which separates the caribbean sea from the golf of Mexico,with the northern coastline on the Yucat'an channel