Maya peoples
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Maya are an ethnolinguistic group of Indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica. The ancient Maya civilization was formed by members of this group, and today's Maya are generally descended from people who live
Mayan woman in Guatemala wearing traditional dress
Chichen Itza's El Castillo
Former governor of Yucatán, Francisco Luna Kan, was a Maya with the very common surname "Kan"
Yucatecen people
Apocalypto
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Apocalypto is a 2006 epic historical action-adventure film produced and directed by Mel Gibson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Farhad Safinia. The film features a cast of Indigenous and Mexican acto
Maya peoples
…1983), one of the first indie films ever produced, about two Maya siblings who immigrate illegally to the U.S. to escape the Maya genocide in Guatemala. Apocalypto (2006), an adventure film directed and produced by Mel Gibson, set around the time of European contact with all of the dialogue spoken in Yucatec. The…
Theatrical release poster
Mel Gibson directed Apocalypto after he made The Passion of the Christ.
Pyramids like this at Tikal were reproduced for the film
Critics claim that human sacrifices depicted in the film are more similar to Aztec practices (as seen here) than to Maya.