Post 1 - The Mayan Mystery

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Post 1 – The Mayan Mystery

Why did the ancient Mayans abandon their magnificent cities at the peak of their fabulous achievements and suddenly disappear?  This is the Mayan Mystery, one of the famous unsolved mysteries of history.  Nobody knows why this mighty empire collapsed without leaving a clue as to the reason, and nobody knows where the people went.  The only remains are the ruins of ancient cities, and the pyramids.

 

Some of those Mayan cities were among the largest in the world at that time, with sturdy structures built to last a thousand years.  Why did the ancient people suddenly walk away from them, leaving behind even tools and valuables such as jade carvings and jewelry?

The cities in Belize were abandoned before those in Mexico, hundreds of years before the first Europeans arrived, so the Spanish conquistadores were not the reason.  The most popular theories are disease, crop failure, natural disaster or war.  All of those theories are plagued by flaws severe enough they could not possibly provide the answer, so after decades of research by dedicated archeologists from many leading universities and museums, nobody yet knows what happened to those ancient people.

This Mayan Mystery Tour takes you to ground zero of this puzzle, it takes you to Belize and to the same sites visited by the author of the book, Mayan Mystery Unveiled, as he searched for the answer to the famous mystery, and for his purpose. 

This blog is for people interested in traveling to Belize, and for people interested in the famous Mayan Mystery.  The author’s trips to Belize led him to find evidence he believes no researcher had discovered.  This Mayan Mystery Tour introduces you to that evidence, a folklore tale that had been passed down from generation to generation in a Mayan village close to the ruins of an ancient city.  This bit of folklore was told to the author by a Mayan who lived in that village, and the author believes it originated with some event of long ago, an event so traumatic it caused that city to be abandoned.

According to the author, a folklore enthusiast, every folklore tale has hidden within it at least a scrap of truth, and for this tale that scrap of truth could reveal why the people fled the city. 

The book, Mayan Mystery Unveiled, is a novel about the author’s search for that scrap of truth, it’s a lot like an Indiana Jones adventure, it’s very exciting.  It is a more complete description of the adventure than this blog.  After reading this blog, you may want to also read the book.  Without leaving home, you can join the author and the characters of this story as they climb the pyramids and explore the ancient cities.  Post 7 of this blog gives you a link to another blog that contains a condensed version of the book.  Merely read that blog to review their experiences, then you may want to read the book and learn more.

The characters in the novel are fictitious, but the places are real and you can see their photos in the following posts.  As you read the story, remember that these events were experienced by the author, he gave his actual adventures to the characters of the story.

After you read this story, you may want to go to Belize for your next vacation.  With the book, Mayan Mystery Unveiled, in your hands, you can take the Mayan Mystery Tour and imagine that you are experiencing this adventure for yourself.

Post7 also tells how to review excerpts of the book at no charge, and how to order the book if you want.  It also provides information about how to arrange for your own Mayan Mystery tour, if you should decide to travel to Belize for your next vacation.

 In the following posts, the author tells the story of his visit to an ancient city and its pyramid.

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