Corrected entry: The Mayan empire and civilization was abandoned by 900 AD, 600 years before the Spanish ships would have been seen.
Bishop73
6th Sep 2021
Apocalypto (2006)
10th Apr 2015
Apocalypto (2006)
Corrected entry: Heads and bodies rolling down a flight of stairs would disperse, causing a triangular stain on the steps. The film has an inverted triangle. I assume the flight of steps is level.
Correction: The triangle is painted on, just like the lines running up the stairs on the edge are painted blue.
27th Dec 2008
Apocalypto (2006)
Corrected entry: When the prisoners are being led through the city, there is a shot of a horse's skull on a vendor's stand. Horses were not native to the Americas, but were introduced by the Spaniards.
Correction: This is a perpetuated myth similar to that of "slaves built the pyramids". The heavy Spanish horse was introduced, but native horses have been in the Americas since 12,000 BC. There have been written accounts of visitors having seen horse and wagons in such places as ancient Mexico (Hui Shen tells of his account in the 5th century). And some native Americans tell of stories of their ancestors having horses before the Spaniards arrival.
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Correction: There have been several different periods in Mayan civilization, but they were still around when the Spanish arrived. The collapse of the Classic Period did happen around 900-910 AD, but was followed by the Postclassic Period and the Mayans were still around at the time of Spanish contact with the last independent Mayan city falling around 1697.
Bishop73