Saturday, December 26, 2009

Which Mayan custom best illustrates the saying that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder?”?

Mayans practiced human sacrifice by cutting the heart out of victims.





Mayans were obsessed with time and developed the ceremonial calendar, which was 360 days long plus five concluding, unlucky days.





Mayan infants would have objects dangled in front of their eyes in order to permanently cross their eyes.





Mayan society was divided into two social classes: priests and peasantsWhich Mayan custom best illustrates the saying that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder?”?
Mayan infants would have objects dangled in front of their eyes in order to permanently cross their eyes.


We don't think crossed eyes are particulary attractive in our society, but they did. They also flattened the foreheads of infants with a board tightened in front of the head. They thought a flat forehead was attractive.

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