Chimodzi mwazodziwika kwambiri pakati pazikhalidwe zakale kwambiri ndi fuko la Mayan. Mpaka pano, asayansi pamafunso akupezeka kwachitukuko cha Amaya adadzisungira okha zambiri zosadziwika. Ofufuzawo adakwanitsa kudziwa kuti chitukuko cha Mayan chidawonekera mchaka cha 1 BC. Cholowa chawo chagona pakulemba kwachilendo ndi zomangamanga zokongola, masamu apamwamba ndi zakuthambo, zinthu zaluso komanso kalendala yotchuka yolondola kwambiri.
Ngakhale panali zambiri zosadziwika, chinsinsi kwambiri kwa olemba mbiri chinali funso lazomwe zidapangitsa kutukuka kwachitukuko cha Mayan. Pa nthawi yomweyi, zofunikira zoyambirira kuwola kotere, malinga ndi asayansi, zidawonekera zaka za zana la 9 AD.
Osangokhala kuchepa kwachitukuko cha Mayan, komanso nthawi zina zambiri zodabwitsa kuchokera ku moyo wa fuko lino mpaka lero zomwe zimasokoneza asayansi. Malo omaliza omwe mafuko oterewa adalembedwa anali kumpoto kwa Guatemala. Zofukula zakale zokha ndizomwe zimafotokoza mbiri ndi chikhalidwe cha Amaya.
1. Anthu ambiri amaganiza molakwika kuti fuko la Mayani latha ndipo chitukuko chonse chidakhalako kale, koma sizili choncho. Amaya mpaka lero amakhala ku North America. Chiwerengero chawo chatsika ndipo lero pafupifupi pafupifupi 6 miliyoni.
2. Amaya sananeneratu za kutha kwa dziko lapansi. Anthuwa analibe kalendala imodzi, koma 3. Aliyense wa iwo sanali chisonyezero cha chiwonongeko. Mfundo inali yakuti kuzungulira kwa kalendala yayitali kwambiri ya Mayan kumatha kubwereranso mpaka pafupifupi masiku 2,880,000. Chimodzi mwazosinthazi zidakonzedwa mu 2012.
3. Mtundu waukulu wa Amaya umakhala kudera lalikulu lamasiku ano la Mexico, Guatemala, ndi Belize, kumadzulo kwa Honduras ndi El Salvador. Malo opititsa patsogolo chitukuko chotere anali kumpoto.
4. Kupatula machitidwe achi Babulo, Amaya anali oyamba kugwiritsa ntchito nambala "0". Ophunzira masamu aku India pambuyo pake adayamba kugwiritsa ntchito zero ngati masamu pamtengo.
5. Akatswiri ena azilankhulo adakwanitsa kutsimikizira kuti mawu oti "shark" adabwera kuchokera kuchilankhulo cha mtundu wa Mayan.
6. Amaya asanafike ku Colombiya amafuna "kusintha" mikhalidwe ya ana awo. Pachifukwa ichi, amayi adamangirira matabwa pachipumi cha mwana kuti pakapita nthawi mphumiyo ikhale yopanda pake.
7. Aristocrat ochokera m'mafuko a Mayan anali atagonjetsedwa, ndipo mano awo adakutidwa ndi yade.
8. M'mafuko akale achi Maya, ana onse adatchulidwa malinga ndi tsiku lomwe adabadwa.
9. Anthu ena a fuko la Maya mpaka lero akupereka nsembe zamagazi. Mwamwayi, nkhuku tsopano zikuperekedwa nsembe, osati anthu.
10. Mizinda ikuluikulu yonse yachitukuko cha Mayan inali ndi mabwalo amasewera. Mtundu wawo wa "mpira" umakhudza kudula mutu. Poterepa, gulu la otayika ndi omwe adachitidwa chipongwe. Mitu yodulidwayo, monga olemba mbiri amanenera, idagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati mipira. Mtundu wamasewera wamtunduwu umatchedwa "ulama", koma kudula mutu sikugwiritsidwenso ntchito.
11. Monga Aaziteki, Amaya sanagwiritse ntchito chitsulo kapena chitsulo pomanga. Chida chawo chachikulu chinali miyala ya obsidian kapena yamapiri.
12. Amatha kupanga zomangamanga modabwitsa. Makona osalala ndi makoma ophatikizidwa ndi kuwerengera koyenera ndichinthu chovuta kukwaniritsa pano. Koma mu chitukuko cha Mayan panali nyumba zambiri zoterezi.
13. Chakudya chachikulu cha Amaya pachakudyacho chinali chimanga, motero sizosadabwitsa kuti, malinga ndi nthano za Amaya, mulungu wopanga Hunab adalenga anthu ndendende kuchokera pachimanga cha chimanga.
14. A Mayan adasewera mpira, koma masewera awo anali kugwiritsa ntchito mpira wa mphira. Amayenera kukhomedwa mu nyundo yozungulira.
15. Malo osambira ndi ma sauna adatenga gawo lalikulu pantchito zachitukuko cha Mayan. Fuko ili limakhulupirira kuti ndikutuluka thukuta, iwo anachotsa osati dothi lokha, komanso machimo angwiro.
16. Akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale apeza umboni woti mafuko aku Mayani amagwiritsa ntchito tsitsi la munthu kusoka bala. Oimira chitukukochi sanathandizire kuphulika kwa mafupa okha, komanso amawawona ngati akatswiri amano.
17. M'fuko la Amaya, akaidi, akapolo, ndi anthu ena omwe amaperekedwa nsembe amapentedwa ndi buluu ndipo nthawi zina amazunzidwa. Pambuyo pake, adabweretsedwa pamwamba pa mapiramidi, pomwe adawomberedwa ndi uta kapena mtima wawo womwe ukugundabe umadulidwa pachifuwa. Nthawi zina othandizira a ansembewo amachotsa khungu la wovulalayo, lomwe mkulu wa ansembe amavala. Kenako kuvina kwamwambo kunkachitika.
18. Mitundu ya Amaya inali ndi imodzi mwamalemba apamwamba kwambiri pakati pazikhalidwe zonse zakale. Amalemba chilichonse chomwe chimachitika, makamaka pamakonzedwe.
19. Zinali zotheka kutsimikizira kuti Amaya amagwiritsa ntchito njira zothanirana ndi ululu. Chifukwa cha miyambo yosiyanasiyana yachipembedzo, mankhwala osokoneza bongo amagwiritsidwa ntchito. Ankazigwiritsa ntchito tsiku lililonse. Hallucinogen yotereyi idapangidwa kuchokera ku bowa winawake, peyote, bindweed, komanso fodya.
20. Mapiramidi a Mayan adaphatikizidwa pamndandanda wazodabwitsa zisanu ndi ziwiri zadziko lapansi. Mpaka pano, nyumba zambiri zabisika pansi pa nthaka yolimba, ndipo kukumba kwawo kwakhala kovuta chifukwa cha nkhalango yamvula. Zomangamanga zomwe zidabwezeretsedwa zimakongoletsa ndi masanjidwe awo apadera.
