Gucumatz
JS, secretly Rod Serling
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Because archeological efforts have proved how everything ever occured in Mayan history, right. No room for maybe's and what if's in that field of study
I personally don't see a difference in people believing the Mayans were taught advanced technologies by an alien race, and people believing an all knowing god resides in some dimension and judges our actions in preparation for an afterlife. Neither can be proved definitively, and should not be called nonsense by either side.
When I learn to mod, some ufo's blasting around in Pacal's backround might be my first edit. Maybe I'll throw Bigfoot behind Haiwatha as well.
Because my ancestors must have been too stupid to build anything like we did, it must have been aliens . All the Ancient Aliens theory does is act as a subtle form of racism and for some a replacement of the "noble savage theory" (a terrible theory which I am glad is dying out).
Because instead of bothering to learn culture, traditions, or you know history Pacal's sarcophagus had to be a rocket ship. What evidence is there? None. Why suggest we were "given" technology? There is archeological evidence of slow and gradual devlopment over millenia, and its not like my ancestors "got the technology" all of a sudden. Corn, early structures, heck even using dates given by the Popol Vuh, Kaqchikel Annals, and accounts of Spanish Priests recording down info shows there was/is a structured belief that people in Mesoamerica evolved slowly over time.
Oh and Pacal's Sarcophagus's image is clearly a Ceiba... The Ceiba is a magnificently important tree in Maya tradition, culture, and religion. It is in a sense our tree of life. If you ever see one in real life, you will understand why they are so sacred. After the fall of some of the Maya cities peasants planted Ceibas in some of the abandoned cities before they left, it is a symbol of our culture. But no, it haaaas to be a rocketship ....
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People may not realize it, but the whole Ancient Alien's ""theory"" smells of racism and Euro-Centrism. There is no possible way these "natives" ever could have developed the math, society, engineers, and resources to ever become that advanced.
So of course it has to be aliens?