ERRORS in the film APOCALYPTO of MEL GIBSON in the movie Apocalypto will find several historical errors. To begin with, there is a confusion between the Classic Maya and the post-classical. Also, although show clothes and cities of the maya classical era of the centuries V and X, the film ends with the arrival of the Spanish discoverers. However, this happened on the fourth voyage of Columbus in 1502. Apocalypto Maya live in a place where there are no rivers, so it cannot be Yucatan, where all rivers are underground. On the other hand, all the Mayan grew corn, and there were groups that lived only hunting, as seen in the film. Also in the film are hammocks. However, the Maya slept on mats, hammocks were brought by African slaves. The priest of the film invokes the Sun calling Kukulcan, the Mayan Lord of the Sun Kinich Ahau is, but hearts, is not offered as seen in the film. Kukulkan was the Mayan Lord of the wind during the Postclassic period. In the film we see pyramids classic style Tikal (Guatemala) of the 6th century alongside tzompantlis, unknown in that period structures, since they belong to the Yucatecan style of the 15th century. Also be sacrificed was an honor, and no captured Mayan soldier refused to sacrifice as shown in the film. On the other hand, the custom of taking prisoners for sacrifice was more typical of the mexicas. The Mayans ate raw meat as hunters of the film, and their society was relatively egalitarian: not living in misery showing the film. Also the Mayans maintained a very refined culture, since they had knowledge about astronomy, mathematics, poetry, theatre, dance, sculpture, painting, Haute cuisine, medicine, etc., and none of this appears in the film. In a scene of the film, it is possible to see the skull of a horse, the animal that did not exist in America until the arrival of the Spaniards. As you can see this film only has merit, and that is bringing to present our cultures although in a way quite demeaning and out of place that cannot be taken seriously.
Posted on: Sun, 02 Mar 2014 05:18:55 +0000
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