LOL
We went to Belize on a cruise in 2018 ..
During a shore excursion at a Mayan temple, we were assured that the Mayans were loving and kind to strangers and friends alike and never killed anyone and those dark stains at the top was not old blood ..
After suffering through a long explanation on how the horrible rumors of human sacrifice got started about the innocent wee savages, we just rolled our eyes at each other and turned away to snicker at the idiocy ..
Oh bad us ...
:)
Yes, the Mayans of old were whackos. And they really did sacrifice their fellow human beings to their bloodthirsty gods.
But the modern Christianized Mayans are incredibly hospitable, generous, kind, and disarmingly innocent and trusting. At least that was my experience while living on the Yucatán in Mexico a few decades ago.
Had the same lecture during a cruise in
2007.