Incorrect beliefs that the end of the Maya long count calendar signaled the end of the world came from the centuries old notion that the Maya were a mystical, lost civilization with abilities, knowledge, and powers that modern humans no longer possess, beliefs started by European conquistadors who couldn’t possibly fathom that these barbaric quote “savages” were possibly capable of their impressive accomplishments without some kind of supernatural interference, beliefs based in racist ideas that white Europeans were undeniably superior to all other races on Earth and therefore should be the most advanced. But did you know, the Maya aren’t a mysterious lost civilization with supernatural abilities, they’re the second largest ethnic group in Mexico where, even today, up to a million native Mayan speakers struggle to gain the respect and acknowledgement their ancestors deserved? Let’s fix that. 

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A Short History of podcast episode "The Maya"BBC "'Mayan Day of Apocalypse' Arrives"National Geographic "Who were the Maya? Decoding the ancient civilization's secrets"maya-aztec.com "European Influence and Conquest of the Maya"puraveda.org "Nixtamal: The Process of Making Corn Digestible and Nutritious"Encyclopedia Britannica "Popol Vuh"worldhistory.org "Maya Religion"worldhistory.org "Early Explorers of the Maya Civilization: John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood"American Association of the Advancement of Science "Myths of the Mayan Long Count Calendar"Mayan Health Initiative "About Guatemala"Wikipedia "2012 Phenomenon"Support the show! 

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