100 Facts about the Maya to Fall Asleep To 💤 Soft Spoken ASMR History

A little extra video all about the Mesoamerican Maya civilization, including facts about the (countless) pyramids they built, how they are not one people but numerous communities described under one umbrella, the famous stone cities that were almost all abandoned by 900 CE, and even how rainbows were evil in Maya mythology. Please forgive my pronunciation; it's been a very long time since I've studied Spanish, and Maya is a little tricky to pick out. I did my best, but it's very American English. Before We Get Into It: 00:0 - 00:35 The Basics: 00:35 – 05:47 Cities & Architecture: 05:47 – 13:43 Culture: 13:43 – 28:39 Deities & Mythology: 28:39 – 31:34 Writing: 31:34 – 33:57 After the Spanish: 33:57 – 35:46 Sources & Ending: 35:46 - 36:59 Research Sources: ‘Maya Civilization (7/6/2012)’ by Joshua J. Mark on World History Encyclopedia https://www.worldhistory.org/Maya_Civ... ‘Maya (updated 5/28/2025)’ by History.com Editors https://www.history.com/articles/maya ‘The Maya: History, civilization & gods (updated 8/5/2022)’ by Jessica Leggett & Owen Jarus on LiveScience https://www.livescience.com/41781-the... ‘Who Are the Maya?’ by Carolina Casado Parras translating the words of Kanishk Tharoor on Google Arts & Culture https://artsandculture.google.com/sto... ‘Maya Pyramids of Mexico: Architecture and Symbolism’ on Mexicohistorico.com https://www.mexicohistorico.com/pagin... ‘Palenque’, ‘El Mirador’, ‘Tikal’, ‘Uxmal’, ‘Tulum’, ‘Mayapan’, ‘Chichen Itza’, The Mayan Ruins Website https://www.themayanruinswebsite.com/... ‘Maya Religion (7/29/2015)’ by Maria C. Gomez on World History Encyclopedia https://www.worldhistory.org/Maya_Rel... ‘The Mayan Pantheon: The Many Gods of the Maya (7/7/2012)’ by Joshua C. Mark on World History Encyclopedia https://www.worldhistory.org/article/... ‘Kukulcan: The Feathered-Serpent God of Mesoamerica (1/25/2021)’ by Mark Cartwright on World History Encyclopedia https://www.worldhistory.org/Kukulcan/ ‘Maya Government (4/20/2018)’ by Maria C. Gomez on World History Encyclopedia https://www.worldhistory.org/Maya_Gov... ‘Maya Writing (2/12/14)’ by Mark Cartwright on World History Encyclopedia https://www.worldhistory.org/article/... ‘Maya (8/11/2025)’ by the Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica on Encyclopaedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/topic/Maya... ‘Maya Civilization (5/10/2025)’ by Assem Al Helou on World Atlas https://www.worldatlas.com/ancient-wo... Mayan Civilization. (2025, April 29). New World Encyclopedia, . Retrieved 01:48, September 2, 2025 from https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/.... ‘Maya children also received jade tooth inlays, study finds (8/28/25)’ by Sandee Oster, et al. on Phys.org https://phys.org/news/2025-08-maya-ch... ‘Maya civilization had 16 million people at peak, new study finds — twice the population of modern-day NYC (8/7/2025)’ by Sascha Pare on LiveScience https://www.livescience.com/archaeolo... ‘Lasers reveal Maya city, including thousands of structures, hidden in Mexico (10/28/2024)’ by Sierra Bouchér on LiveScience https://www.livescience.com/archaeolo... ‘Daily Life in the Maya World: Customs, Traditions, and Social Structure (10/11/2024)’ by Jon Giunta on Ancient Pedia https://ancientpedia.com/daily-life-i... ‘Mayan Culture’ on Tren Mayaa https://trenmayaa.com/en/mayan-culture/ ‘Two ancient Maya tattooing tools from Actun Uayazba Kab, Roaring Creek Valley, Belize’ by W. James Stemp, et al. in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports Volume 64, June 2025, 105158 on ScienceDirect https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... ‘Cinnabar in Mesoamerica: poisoning or mortuary ritual?’ by Alfonso Ávila, et al. in Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 49, September 2014, Pages 48-56 on Science Direct https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... #asmr #sleep #asmrhistory