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Survivor 11: Guatemala - Mayan Calendar
Learn the basics of the sophisticated Mayan calendar that not only captured past historical and mythological events, kept track of time, determined a person's life from birth to death but also foretold the future - and was more accurate than the standard calendar in use today.

Survivor 11: Guatemala - Mayan Temples
The Mayan temples and pyramids rise about the rainforest canopy in a massive reminder that once a powerful and still existing culture and civilization populated the rainforests of Guatemala, Mexico, Belize and Honduras. For the first time, contestants on the popular Survivor adventure show will play out their games amidst real ruins. Will the Mayan temples provide shelter? Or will the spirits of ancient gods play their part in the survival of the contestants?

About Guatemala - Site of Survivor 11: Guatemala
The El Peten region of Guatemala is the location for Survivor 11: Guatemala, The Mayan Empire, where Survivor contestants will for the first time play out their survival games amid ancient Mayan temples, rain forests, flora and fauna. Begin a series of features about Guatemala, the Mayans and Survivor recaps when the show airs in September, 2005.

Survivor 11: Guatemala - Mayan Religion
The religion of the Mayas, like their civilization, was complex and multi-layered. Based on cyclical times of growth and destruction, with an emphasis on the growing seasons, a time for planting and a time for harvesting, important dates were ruled by the need for survival. The gods needed maintenance and nutrition, and when ritual bloodletting wasn't sufficient, the Mayas adopted human sacrifice.

Survivor 11: Guatemala - Mayan Customs
According to Mayan history, the creation of the world occurred around 11,000 BC. Mayan civilization dates from 2600 BC and continues today in Guatemala and other Central American countries. Will the contestants of Survivor 11: Guatemala be able to match the survival skills of a civilization that created a calendar, written language, mathematical theorems and the great temples?

Survivor 11: Guatemala - About the Mayan Empire
According to Mayan history, the creation of the world occurred around 11,000 BC. Mayan civilization dates from 2600 BC and continues today in Guatemala and other Central American countries. Will the contestants of Survivor 11: Guatemala be able to match the survival skills of a civilization that created a calendar, written language, mathematical theorems and the great temples?