Monday, August 15, 2011

Can someone please translate this from English into Spanish for me?

Perhaps the most known architectural thing about the Mayans is their huge and breathtaking temples. It is incredible how the Mayans were able to create such structures, without the tools available to them that we have in today's society, and yet, their structures are incredible and almost unbelievable. The temples were built on huge pyramids with steeped bases, and a set of steps leading up to the temple. The temples were built out of beautifully carved stone and the floor was adorned on the exterior with elaborate and wonderful stucco decorations. The interior was decorated with mural paintings. The temples were built to worship Gods, and for religious practices. Mayas preformed all type of ceremonies within small dark rooms inside of the temples, including sacrifices and many more religious practices. The Mayans were so creative and spiritual, especially for their time period. There is an enormous temple in Uxmal. It has a long flight of stairs which goes up one side and leads to a smaller temple on the top. In addition to normal temples, the Maya's also had a temple and an observatory in one. For examples, in the city of Chichen Itza, the Mayas studied the movements of the earth, stars, and the planet Venus. This is yet another ingenious thing that the Mayas have thought of.

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