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The Maya still exist today. What people often refer to as Maya is their classic period. In recent times, the Maya were massacred by a US-backed dictatorship:
by partycoder 8y ago
The Maya still exist today. What people often refer to as Maya is their classic period.
In recent times, the Maya were massacred by a US-backed dictatorship:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemalan_genocide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemalan_genocide
And that's one of the reasons people flee the area.
- empath75 8y agoThe Mayan highlands in Guatemala are actually a great place to visit — I spent a month or so there a few years ago. The people are super nice and it’s just beautiful.
- GW150914 8y agoHaving been there too, I strongly endorse your opinion. Did you make it to Tikal and check out the pyramids? Climbing Pyramid 4 and staring over the canopy at endless jungle was one of the better experiences of my life.
- iod 8y agoI have been a couple times and agree as well as it makes for a great vacation destination. For Starwars fans you can actually climb the temple IV in Tikal which was the original Yavin 4 filming location.
- partycoder 8y agoNice deflection. While you are there, visit the Maya mass graves try to learn about the US role in making that happen.
- jbottoms 8y agoThere are about 30 languages in Guatemala which is about the size of New Jersey. 10% of the population speak Spanish. Everyone knows the Spanish words for numbers, that is needed to transact business. Cakchiquel verbs can have 4 suffixes whick makes it one of the most difficult languages to learn. Some kids don't learn to conjugate well until they are 14 or 15.