From this we know that mayan cities were used mainly by the nobles

从这我们知道玛雅人的城市主要是由贵族居住的。

Though the stele’s origin is unknown, a stone slab was commonly used as a tombstone in Egypt, Greece, Asia, and the Mayan empire.

具体起源不详，但在古埃及、古希腊、亚洲以及马雅帝国通常用作墓碑。

A Settlement Formation of the Mayan Lowland

玛雅低地的聚落形态

Mayan civilization; the civilization of ancient Rome.

玛雅文化;古罗马文化.

In the Americas, Inca and Mayan temples were constructed of stone, often richly carved; they were generally stair-stepped pyramids, with the shrine at the top. See also synagogue.

美洲印加人和马雅人的庙宇是用石头建造，雕饰繁多，一般作阶梯式金字塔形，圣坛设在顶上。

An ancient Mayan city of southern Mexico southeast of Villahermosa.The Temple of Inscriptions is noted for its hieroglyphic tablets.

帕伦克墨西哥南部的古代玛雅城市，位于东南。其神庙的铭文以其象形文字的碑文著称

a book that reanimates the Mayan civilization.

使玛雅文明重新活跃起来的书

With the help of several grants, Bracey and her students use the five computers in her classroom to hook up to the Internet where they study such subjects as the ecology and geography of the rain forest and mayan civilization

在多方捐助下，她和她的学生们把教室里的五台计算机联入因特网，他们在网上学习诸如雨林地区生态学和地理学及玛雅文明等科目。

||People lived in that city at about the same time that Mayan culture had reached a high level to the south.|| But Teotihuacan is known for its own art and architecture. It grew rich for a period of 600 years until about 550 because of trading with other cities. It had an economy built on creating goods such as clothing and metal blades, or knives.

居住在这座城市的人们大约跟在南方达到高水平的玛雅文化是同一个时期。但是特奥蒂瓦坎以其自身的艺术和建筑而闻名。由于跟其它城市贸易，它在600年的时间里变得富有，直到大约550年。它的经济建立在诸如制作服装、金属刀具之类的商品上。

||The Apocalypse was on its way, and it would begin in Mexico. Where elsen When archaeologists dug up Mayan calendars that ominously seemed to run out in the final days of 2012, some doomsayers predicted the end of the world.|| To many Mexicans it seemed like just another example of their country’s unending run of bad luck. The steepest recession on the American mainland, a plague of H1N1 swine flu and a deepening war against organised crime had made the preceding few years fairly grim. In 2009 the Pentagon had given warning that Mexico could become a “failed state”. Armageddon would be the icing on the cake.

||1:《圣经·启示录》中的预言正在实现，而首当其冲的就是墨西哥。||2:舍此其谁？考古学家挖掘出的玛雅日历似乎到2012年末为止，这一凶兆为部分末日论者所用，预言为世界末日。||||3:而众多墨西哥人看来，这不过是他们无限厄运的另一实例而已。||4:除了美洲大陆上经济最为不佳之外，墨西哥还遭受H1N1猪流感和缉毒战争的洗礼，其前途一片黯淡。||5:2009年，美国五角大楼（Pentagon）警示称，墨西哥可能成为“失败国家”。||6:《启示录》中的“大审判”（Armageddon）不过给其“锦上添花”罢了。

But it turns out that the Mayan glyphs were misunderstood. The men with magnifying glasses now say that the world is not about to end—in fact, it seems that the Mayans were predicting something more like a renewal or a fresh start. Could the same be true of Mexicon?

但事实上，人们误解了玛雅石雕上的日历。现在，石雕上手握圣杯的男子已不再表示终结。相反，玛雅人的预示似乎更接近重生或新生。而同样的事能在墨西哥成真吗？

Guatemala put on trial two former military officers charged with letting their soldiers kidnap and rape 11 Mayan women during the country’s 36-year civil war. This is the first time that anyone has been tried for wartime sex-slavery charges in the country where the crimes were allegedly committed.

危地马拉（Guatemala）开庭审理两名前军官，他们被指控在危地马拉长达36年的内战中允许手下士兵绑架强奸11名马雅女性。这是该国首例认罪的战时性奴役案。

A vast country with deeply ingrained problems and unreformed corners, Mexico could yet squander the opportunities that are coming its way. But there are signs that it is beginning to realise its potential.|| With luck, the dire predictions made by the Pentagon and others may turn out to be as reliable as a misread Mayan calendar.||

由于深陷国内各种问题以及改革不力的窘境，墨西哥也有可能错失眼前的机遇。但是种种迹象表明，其潜力已被开发。若一切顺利，五角大楼等等关于墨西哥的消极预言可能也终将和遭误解的玛雅日历那般不靠谱。

2012 Doomsday Scenario Does The Mayan Calendar Predict the End of the World in 2012?

2012年世界末日的设想，玛雅历法预言世界末日发生在2012年

Nasa insisted the Mayan calendar does not in fact end on December 21, 2012, as another period begins immediately afterward.

NASA坚持说，事实上2012年12月21日玛雅历法并没有结束，只是另一个时期的开始。

The 5, 125-year Mayan calendar is supposed to end on December 21 or 23, 2012.

长达5125年玛雅历法将时间的终结设定在2012年12月21或23日。

Large independent city-states were founded and became the political, religious, and cultural centers for the Mayan people.

大量的独立城邦建立起来，成为玛雅人的政治、宗教和文化中心。

The underworld or Xibalba was central to the Mayan religion.

地下世界或西瓦尔巴是玛雅宗教的核心。

And the last day in the Mayan calendar is the 21st of December 2012.

而玛雅历法的最后一天就是2010年12月21日。

One of the main reasons for this concerns an ancient kingdom - the Mayan kingdom.

古老的玛雅帝国是造成这种担忧的主要原因之一。

With many astronomers and scientists now paying attention to the Mayan calendar, much debate has brewed over its end-date;

很多天文学家和科学家现在关注着玛雅历法，已经酝酿出很多在它的结束日子之上的争论；

Comalcalco is unusual among Mayan temples in that it was built with bricks.

科马卡科遗址和其他玛雅神庙的不同之处，在于它是用砖块建造的。

Surprisingly, the Mayan calendar also took a backseat and it was little more than a back story for most of the film.

令人惊讶的是玛雅日历在影片中也占据了一个地位，不过只不过作为一个是背景故事。

A codex is a Mayan written record.

玛雅古籍是玛雅人的文字记录。

Mayan pyramids pervade the eastern side of Mexico, but none are more breathtaking than those of Palenque in the far south.

玛雅金字塔遍布墨西哥东部，但没有比那些在南方远部的帕伦克式更惊人。

The Mayan Calendar was written a long time ago.

玛雅历法是很久以前写的了。

The Mayan calendar predicts that a doomsday event will occursomewhere in the Northern Hemisphere during winter solstice in theyear 2012.

玛雅历法预言：2012年冬至之时，北半球的某些地方将会发生灾难性的事件。

The Mayan Long Count calendar begins in 3114 BC, and the 13th Baktun ends around December 21, 2012.

玛雅人的历法从公元前3114年开始，那么第13个白克顿大约在2012年12月21日结束。

Rather than a political unification, Mayan society was unified by a deeply developed religion.

玛雅人社会不仅是一个统一的政治体，更是一个具有凝聚力的深度发展的宗教。

Second the Mayan culture Mayan culture is one of the world’s most famous ancient culture, a cradle of American Indian culture, said.

玛雅文化是世界最著名的古代文化之一，有美洲印第安文化摇篮之称。