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Travel back in time and plunge in the mystery and magnificence of one of the world’s greatest cultures. Just a few hours drive from Cancun, the Mayan archaeological sites such as Chichen Itza, Tulum and Coba are the pride and glory of the Mexican ancient culture, its astounding art, amazing architecture are now significant cultural attractions for tourists that admire these impressive sites.
Chichen Itza is only two and a half hours away from Cancun and is definitely the most famous Mayan cultural site in the world, and one of the biggest archeological remnants of that civilization.
The Mayan civilization made important discoveries in science, including the use of the zero in mathematics; they are the height of pre-Columbian culture. Their writing was capable of expressing all types of thought. Glyphs either represent syllables or whole concepts and were written on long strips of paper or carved and painted on stone. The Mayan calendar begins around 3114 BC, and could measure time into the future, and it was used to predict the future and astrological actions.
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