[Jaded]

A few months ago I got to tour the Mayan Ruins in the vicinity of Costa Maya. The tour guide talked about how the Mayans were misrepresented.... blah.... blah.... blah.... Mel Gibson.... racist.... blah.... blah....blah.... mean white Catholic.... blah.... blah.

Funny how some of the Mayan Ruins have paintings of ritual human sacrifice.

[Malacoda]

Oh,m we were on the tour at Chichen Itza where the guide explained that there WAS no Mayan human sacrifice. Nope, the EVIL White Man made that up to demonize them. In reality, they were the world's first and foremost surgeons. Yup.

[Rummyfan]

I took a tour of Tikal in Guatemala several years ago. Our guide Ruben, a local who had lived in the area for his entire life, was very candid about the ritual sacrifices performed by the Mayans. And even how it was considered in the culture an honor to be selected for sacrifice!

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

Did you go the Native Choice tour with IVAN??

[aruanan]

Funny how some of the Mayan Ruins have paintings of ritual human sacrifice.

Yeah, when I was up on top of the Pyramid of the Sun, some guy went on and on about how peace-loving the Aztecs were, though he didn't mean in the Janice Joplin sense.