Were Mayans Peaceful? BONAMPAK Ruins, Chiapas Mexico

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Reminder: Maya = The people, Mayan = The language
Were Mayans Peaceful? BONAMPAK Ruins, Chiapas Mexico
Deep in the Lacandon jungle of southern Mexico is a Maya ruin site that at first glance may not appear that impressive. Bonampak is much smaller than many other sites in the area such as Palenque or nearby Yaxchilán. There is seemingly nothing overly impressive or unique about its architecture or location. In fact for centuries it escaped the knowledge of explorers remaining known only to the Lacandon people, direct ancestors of the Maya. It was only after bribing these natives that the site was revealed to American Explorers.
Come explore Bonampak with us and learn why this place was such a significant find when it comes to Maya archeology.
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[@OurMillionAdventures]

Nothing like having a Maya ruin site all to yourself! Exploring Bonampak was so much fun. Definitely worth a visit!

[@DanNoakes]

Great episode. Loved learning about it from you.

[@OurMillionAdventures]

Thanks Dan!

[@HistoryTime]

Incredible place. I loved it

[@OurMillionAdventures]

Totally agree. I would have liked to spend more time there. Did you go to Yaxchilan as well?

[@pauls7870]

On my travel list. Thank you!

[@OurMillionAdventures]

Definitely worth it!

[@ExplorayDisfruta]

So many questions without answers all this civilizations left... amazing , I think if we go there we can spend years exploring all those places. (It is sad for the "special tax" you should pay, but I guess it is a way to earn money for locals) . Keep doing this great job for all of us that we can't visit it!

[@OurMillionAdventures]

Thanks!

[@willisales3264]

Amazing

[@victorychaptervlogs]

Love to see my People thrive

[@CrankyScientist]

When we were there, they showed us where they had dug down to the temple that is underneath the current temple and told us that there was another temple under even that one. Do you know where I could get more information about those earlier temples?

[@insightful_]

Those paintings sure do look like what we call black people today

[@EternalEmperorofZakuul]

Well i dont see violent attacks. Nor destruction of society in the Mayans

[@cosmicrenaissance2700]

​@@EternalEmperorofZakuulare you dumb ?, Mayans were one of the most violent civilizations 😆. And those are Mayatee's!!

[@dianeathoacardinalridge8788]

@@EternalEmperorofZakuulpre colonialism, which brought about world wide cataclysm.

[@Jenny-yk9lw]

Crazy how all the jewels had been stolen! Not surprised by that, but the holes where they once were are so cool!

[@OurMillionAdventures]

Yeah pretty crazy stuff.

[@candydonis2555]

Wow. 💜🌷

[@OurMillionAdventures]

🤗

[@brucegelman5582]

How old are the frescoes

[@OurMillionAdventures]

They date back to the year 790 according to archeologists which would make them 1,230 years old.

[@pfever]

6:22 "Area no abierta al publico", means you cannot pass lol

[@InjunZ]

🐉🏹👵🏿🪶

[@timcoil6224]

So this isn't a "special tax" there were several groups of people living in the area that lay claim to being the ancestors of the Maya in that area. The government of Mexico appointed this one group to the detriment if the other groups to maintain and control the ruins and access to them. The jewels it has been surmised were not stolen but the eyes were destroyed to take away their power and or spirit of the people depicted, you see the same thing on many stele and stucco friezes in the Mayan world, it also happened in Egypt and other cultures. Was it invaders or the people who lived there, no one really knows in many places. I've talked to many historians, guides and Mayan people to get that information...and I've read a lot about them as well. I love the history, been to over 30 ruins in Belize, Guatemala and Mexico. Next will be Honduras and El Salvador. If you haven't been, I highly recommend the Anthropology museum in Mexico City. It took me 3 days to seen everything. Incredible artifacts and so many cultures. Something like 26 different cultures in Mexico so I've been told.

[@engineear9664]

PAINTINGS BY POLYGNOTUS AT DELPHI [10.25.1] XXV. See author HORACE BUTLER

[@SimonSozzi7258]

They even have a god with a Macaroni nose. 😂🙏🏽

[@Flytyization]

The painting here are of dark skin people, I wonder if any of the Mayans were black ?

[@OrdinaryDude]

So was she casually sitting on a sacrificial alter that was probably used to kill thousands of people? Lol!

[@OurMillionAdventures]

Highly likely, hahaha. Those stone cylinders were all over inside and outside in most of the ruin sites we visited.

[@OrdinaryDude]

@@OurMillionAdventures Oh, the innocence of youth.

[@philipjanek3864]

The Mayans liked macaroni killings 😆

[@Flytyization]

Where there any black Mayans? Why are the paintings on the wall dark skin?

[@liesunplugged]

True history that’s been hidden by the colonists

[@calvincordy2465]

Cause they the same ppl u see in America today they just lie about it that's my ppl stuff.

[@YellowCapeInvincible]

I’ve seen A lot of crazy people on Instagram for years saying the Bonampak murals depict black people but I know for a fact that’s completely not true. There are still millions of maya people alive today in Mexico and Central America who look identical to these paintings. My Country El Salvador 🇸🇻 is also home to people who look identical to these paintings.

[@Bobbyxhuggy]

😂there’s still black folk in Mexico. These people never left. My ancestors trace back to mexico. So you might need to do some more research

[@YellowCapeInvincible]

@@Bobbyxhuggy the most ancient human skeletons found in Mexico are related to my people. Modern day indigenous people. Skeletons of your people that predate European colonizers have never been found in Mexico. You’re not indigenous to there.

[@lorimabee2564]

I see black peoples

[@antoniodalton9256]

That is what I believe they were. Their phenotype changed somewhat when they got mixed with European vikings (some of these vikings may have had neanderthal DNA) & Asians ( mongoloid / perhaps also polynesians-filipinoes-and Japanese people's ) However the Olmecs we're the oldest out of mesoamerica. The oldest Olmec head found is called el negro. The only "asians" that would somewhat look like Olmecs would be Melanesians & Polynesian /Samoan people's. But Olmecs have very negroid features.

[@negloblaxon7616]

@@antoniodalton9256 No demon they were reclassified as "Negros". In Mexico's case "Afro-Mexican". Nice try though.

[@antoniodalton9256]

@@negloblaxon7616 demon? Tf.

[@rustydogrustydog9191]

@@antoniodalton9256 get outta here with your Afrocentric nonsense. The African origins myth has been debunked and dismissed over and over again. It’s either inferiority complex or self hate that drives Afrocentric extremists to try so hard to claim civilizations that have nothing to do with them. Don’t bother responding with the usual Afrocentric b.s or telling me to read “ they came before Columbus “ or dr clide .winters. All Afrocentric African scholars who where not mesoamerican scholars. Not Hebrews, not olmecs not even Egyptians. Come at me.

[@antoniodalton9256]

@@rustydogrustydog9191 The original man was a ruddy reddish brown. Adams name means man, but it can also mean "son of the red earth". I don't know what his phenotype was, but something tells me that it was negro. Why, because when archeologist dig up humanoids the oldest ones be negro looking. Just saying 🤷‍♂️