Соотнесите заголовки с номерами текст 1.What were the reasons for the Maya to leave their cities, according to scientist? 2. When did the Maya begin to abandon Ocumtún? 3. When did the Maya rule over much of Central America? 4. How was Ivan Sprajc characterized? 5. Who helped Ivan Šprajc in his research? 6. When did the Maya invent a writing system? 7. Why did Ivan Sprajc name the abandoned Maya city Ocomtún? Ocomtún: a Long-lost Maya City That Was Just Discovered Archacologist Ivan Šprajc has spent nearly 30 years uncovering long-lost cities buried deep in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. His latest discovery is capturing the world's attention. Once described as "the real-life Indiana Jones", Šprajc has spent nearly 30 years hacking his way through the remote tangles of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula to find long-lost Maya cities buried deep in the jungle In 2013, the Slovenian archaeologist and his team unearthed a previously unknown 40,000-person city dating to the 8th century that had been swallowed by the rainforest called Chactún. B. year later, two more Maya cities - Lagunita and Tamchén -- were located. They seemed to have been mysteriously abandoned around 1,200 years ago. Late last month, the archaeologist and his team located the remains of an ancient, abandoned Maya city home to numerous pyramid-shaped structures. He named the site Ocomtún ("stone column" in Yucatec Mayan) after the man cylindrical columns also scattered throughout the settlement. Pottery examined from the site indicates it was likely inhabited between 600 and 800 CE. C. Commonly considered one of the greatest civilisations in the Western Hemisphere, the Maya ruled over much of Central Americaduring their peak between 200-900 CE. Perhaps best known for their towering Pyramid temples and more than 40 grand cities carved out of stone - such as Tikal, Uaxactún and Copán - the Maya werealso obpsessive astronomers, brilliant mathematicians and prolific scribes. They kept detailed records of eclipses and solstices and aligned their cities' most important structures to the celestial movements. D. The Maya invented the concept of zero roughly 1,000 years before Europeans and developed a calendar in the 1s century BCE that was more accurate than the Julian calendar used across the UK., Europc and Asia for the next 1,700-2,000 years. They were one of the world's earliest civilisations to devise a system of writing (as early as 300 BCE) and went on to create thousands of paper books. They likely invented chocolate, the world's first ball game and rubber. E. But despite more than a century of scholarly investigations into who the Maya were, one central question remains: what happened to their great cities? In the 8"h and 9"h centuries, the Maya started suddenly abandoning their cities and these once-great Mesoamerican metropolises constructed using highly sophisticated science and engineering techniques mysteriously fell apart. Špraje and others have long pondered whether this was due to warfare, prolonged droughts, soil depletion, climactic change or a combination of factors. F. Beyond its sheer size, the real value in Ocomtún may lie in what it reveals about when and why Maya communities migrated inland from the coast to settle the interior. Šprajc noted that even though the city began to wane after about 800 CE, the remaining inhabitants continued to alter and adapt the buildings to their evolving needs. Only time and future funding will tell if Ocumtún will reveal its secrets, but Sprajc is certain of one thing: he'll be back in the Yucatán, searching for more clues about a lost civilisation that never truly disappeared.