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16th century Mexican church re-emerges from underwater
Telegraph UK ^
| 10/17/15
Posted on 10/19/2015 3:25:24 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
The ruins of a 16th century colonial church have re-emerged from a reservoir due to the lack of rain in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. This year's drought has gripped the Grijalba river, which feeds the Nezahualcoyotl reservoir, dropping the water level by 75 feet.
It is the second time the church has emerged from underwater. In 2002, the water was so low visitors could walk inside the church.
The church, in the Quechula locality, is the work of a group of monks headed by Friar Bartolome de la Casas, who arrived in the region inhabited by the Zoque people in the mid-16th century.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: chiapas; church; delacasas; epa; franciscans; globalwarminghoax; godsgravesglyphs; grijalbariver; history; mexico; popefrancis; romancatholicism
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Looks like a shark haven.
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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posted on
10/19/2015 3:34:58 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
It is the second time the church has emerged from underwaterI know this will be linked to glow-bull warming
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10/19/2015 3:35:23 PM PDT
by
NativeSon
( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
To: JoeProBono
Looks creepy and cool and the same time.
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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posted on
10/19/2015 3:38:42 PM PDT
by
Norm Lenhart
(Embrace "Cage Theory")
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Someone once asked me why people built their houses on the top of the hill. This is why.
The church is in a reservoir so I think we're piecing a piece of the puzzle.
To: NativeSon
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Oh, this will take some magic to believe; if the drop In water level/drought is caused by higher temperatures then how could the church have been built so long ago? And if the higher water level is caused the melting glaciers how did happen way back and why is water level so low now?
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posted on
10/19/2015 3:47:24 PM PDT
by
NativeSon
( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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posted on
10/19/2015 3:48:47 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: NativeSon
Oh but you can't mentions those truths. They are inconvenient...
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posted on
10/19/2015 3:53:22 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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posted on
10/19/2015 3:59:56 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: NativeSon
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
They must have flooded the valley to create the reservoir. The church looks like it was wrecked before then.
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posted on
10/19/2015 4:12:49 PM PDT
by
Oratam
To: JoeProBono
Immediately reminded me of this
To: stars & stripes forever
The Church of the Largemouth Bass
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posted on
10/19/2015 4:37:16 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Reminds me of one of the areas on "Lord of the Rings Online", there is a big ruined temple half-sunk in a swamp, full of ghosts.
To: NativeSon
Reservoirs are man-made. The reservoir wasn’t there when the church was built.
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posted on
10/19/2015 5:03:54 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
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