User:TheAmatureMayanist

Hello, and welcome to my Wikipedia user page!

I am just now getting a hang on how to use my Wikipedia account to the fullest, and am working with my preferences through trial and error. I am looking forward to be able to get in on discussions with the Wikipedia community, and I hope to also be able to contribute some of my own knowledge to the data base as well!

Here is a little bit of information about me:

I am a female, I live in The US, and I am currently going to school. I am about to be a Senior in High School, and from there I plan on attending a College of my choice, so I can further study the subjects I am interested in. I plan on going to College to become a Historian. I want to be able to travel to Mexico and Guatemala to be able to do some archaeological studies on the culture of the Ancient Mayans.

The Ancient Mayans, just like the Ancient Egyptians, fascinate me. The history, culture, and ways of life that both societies contributed to is absolutely phenomenal. These two cultures made so many contributions to our world, in ways that we might not even realize. And, although there are Mayan and Egyptian people around to this present day; nothing is more fascinating to me than to be able to study how these people once were, thousands of years ago, to where they are, and who they are now.

Although it saddens me, it is a fact of life. I will never be able to travel back in time to enter the world of these extraordinary people.I will never be able to witness the first pyramid built, the first king or pharaoh crowned, nor will I ever be able to experience the rise and fall of these great civilizations, from beginning to the end.

I guess what I am trying to say, is that; even though I will never be able to go back in time to be able to see these people and cultures for who they really were, when it all began, makes me strive even harder to be able to put my knowledge to the test, and just go out there and learn new things about them quite frequently.

True, I will never be able to bring the entire knowledge of the Ancient Maya to the rest of the world. But, over time, and over centuries, Archaeologists, Historians, and even Anthropologists alike, will be able to contribute even more pieces to solve these ancient mysteries, that still make us ponder and marvel at today. Someday, thousands of years from now, maybe these puzzles will be solved. Or, will we only have a 1/10th of the entire knowledge we are capable to have of Ancient Civilization as we know it?

Both the Ancient Maya and Egyptians alike were amazing, and extraordinary people. They were also very ingenious with their ways of studying, and learning about the world around them. Just as we are learning too. The Mayans made many Mathematical contributions to this world as well. Did you know that it was the Ancient Mayans who actually discovered a practical use for the numerical symbol 'zero'? They also were masters of the arts and the sky. Both civilizations were astronomically inclined. And, both Ancient Cultures based their written language upon a system of glyphs.

Isn't that fascinating. There are so many similarities between the Ancient Maya and the Egyptians that seem almost bizarre and surreal. And yet, even today their cultures somewhat still share similarities. Even though they are virtually, worlds apart.