Mayan Shamans had excellent medical knowledge.
It’s easy to think that we have the best medical knowledge of all time. You can spend time perusing through various online trading and stock investment forums just to prove it. Back when the Maya ruled the time period they also believed they had the utmost medical knowledge. In fact, Mayan Shamans had such deep medical knowledge that they were able to suture their own wounds, attend bone fractures, and even do certain dental work. We’d still prefer our doctor down the street, but being treated by a Mayan Shaman back then wasn’t a death sentence either.
Mayan Shamans had excellent medical knowledge
The Maya believed that being cross eyed was desirable.
While many folks are at least a little bit cross eyed it has never been thought of as a particularly desirable trait in our culture. For the ancient Maya, however, being cross eyed was something to be proud of. In fact, like the forehead pressing above, they would go through great lengths to make their children cross eyed at birth. This would take the form of dangling objects in front of a baby’s eyes until they were permanently crossed.
