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HARUN YAHYA

describe them as ceremonial roads. Aerial photographs show that
Mayan cities were linked to one another by a large network of roads
totaling some 300 kilometers (190 miles) in length and demonstrat-
ing detailed engineering. All the roads were made from broken rocks
and were covered over with a light-color hard-wearing layer. These
roads are perfectly straight, as if laid out with a ruler, and the impor-
tant questions remain of how the Mayans were able to determine di-
rection during the construction of these roads and what equipment
and tools they used. The evolutionist mentality cannot provide ratio-
nal and logical answers. Because we are dealing with a marvel of en-
gineering, hundreds of kilometers long, it is crystal-clear that these
roads are the product of detailed calculations and measurements
and the use of the necessary materials and tools.

Cogs Used by the Mayans

Research in regions inhabited by the Mayans shows that they
used devices containing cogwheels.
The photograph overleaf, taken in the major Mayan city of
Copan, is one of the proofs of this. A society using cogwheel technol-
ogy must also possess a knowledge of mechanical engineering.
It is impossible for anyone lacking this knowledge to produce a
cogwheel mechanism. For example, if you were asked to produce a
similar mechanism to that in the photograph, then without the ap-
propriate training you could not do so, nor ensure that the mecha-
nism would function properly.
Yet that the Mayans managed to do this is an important indica-
tor of their level of knowledge, and proves that those who lived in
the past were not "backward," as evolutionists claim.
The examples up to now are only a few that demonstrate the

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