Tourists ruin the Maya Temple during the

The crowds of tourists flocking to Guatemala to witness the 'apocalypse' ruined an ancient stone temple in Tikal, the urban center of the ancient Mayan civilization.

According to a tourist named Osvaldo Gomez, on December 21, many tourists pulled to one of the stone pyramids in Tikal city to witness the prophecy of the end of the world with their own eyes. 'Although there is a strict ban on people coming to this place.

A large number of people came to Tikal.

The source did not say what kind of action these tourists were detrimental to the ancient pyramid, but only said the parts that were damaged were irreversible.

On December 21, about 7,000 people visited Tikal, a very small city. That day, Maya Aboriginal dharma teachers conducted a farewell festival with their old calendar.

From dawn they burned torches to welcome the new era is approaching and it may be the cause of the big damage mentioned above. But it was also possible to see nothing happen and they were angry and kicked the temple on the pyramid.

The city of Tikal is in Peten province and 550km from the city of Guatemala. It is one of the most sacred places for the Mayans. From the first century to the 10th century, Tikal is an important center of the Mayan civilization.

In 1979, the UN Educational and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, introduced the city of Tikal and its periphery to the list of places to be protected as a cultural relic of humankind. Every year a large number of tourists have flocked here to visit.