Why did the Maya built a maze in the water?

Experts suspect that the Mayan tribes were not only builders of unique land, and underground facilities, many of which are to be found.

... ru. Labyrinths are quite long, as soon connect 14 caves, some of which are flooded. Scientists say that according to popular belief the Maya, the souls of the dead had to be accompanied by underground tunnels dog, who helped the deceased to pass through numerous tests, after which the soul could finally go to the underworld.

Unusually, scientists say that some of the caves, located in what is now Guatemala, have exits to the surface. Single point of view as to what the deceased would need access to the outdoors, experts do not. However, according to William Saturno, an expert on Mayan culture at Boston University, the ancient inhabitants of these places believed in the reality of ' many layers '. ' These portals between life and death, where you could lose the living and the dead find, had important social and religious significance for the Maya ' - he said.

In one part of mazes they found the 90- meter road that ends with the construction of the columns and the pond. Labyrinths are held on the territory of several states: Southern Mexico, Guatemala and throughout the north of Belize. According to archaeologists, most of the mazes have been built in the period from 250 to 900 AD. Note that all traces of the Mayan civilization was broken off about the latest timestamp. Now, Mexican archaeologists investigate temples and pyramids, the combined system of labyrinths near the city Merida ( the capital of Yucatan ).

The oldest building of these parts has an age of 1900 years, others were built in the period from 750 to 850 AD. ' There are stones, huge columns and sculptures of priests, all located exclusively in the caves ' - said Guillermo de Anda, whose team has been six months in this area of research. According to him, several times they happened to find examples of pottery and human remains.

Archaeologists say that the top of the temples and caves beneath them were built, most likely at the same time, except that the upper part of the design was intended for the living and the lower - for the dead. Nevertheless, some experts suggest that the first had been built only temples and labyrinths and caves appeared after the spread of an ancient Mayan myth of the afterlife.



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