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In Search of the Lost Empire of the Maya
National Geographic ^
| Erik Vance Photographs by David Coventry
Posted on 08/13/2016 6:43:09 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Interesting photographs at link
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posted on
08/13/2016 6:43:44 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
The cavernous limestone water reservoirs beneath the Mayan Pyramids tells the story of how they thrived in an area with no rivers nearby. Once these were found then much of the Mayan history made more sense.
To: MtnClimber
To: All
I visited Chichen Itza a few years back...The Mayans were incredible mathematicians. And also blood thirsty for sacrifices and games...
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posted on
08/13/2016 6:56:10 PM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
To: MtnClimber
amazing. and all without metal.
To: SunkenCiv
Thought you might like photos at link. The 3-D viewer is really nice.
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posted on
08/13/2016 6:56:59 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
A national geographic show claimed that their fall came because of a two-year drought, NOT A DROP OF RAIN. They had a complicated system of cisterns that collected water and those cisterns were their only source of water but THOSE cisterns were used up and NOT replaced by any rain for two solid years.
The locals either died of thirst or left the area.
To: JBW1949
I visited Chichen Itza a few years back...The Mayans were incredible mathematicians. And also blood thirsty for sacrifices and games...Their lust for blood couldn't do much against gun-power so, in the end, they would have been doomed no matter what.
Did you ever see that movie APOCALYPTO? It was about just those folks over there. No English, all subtitles in their native language.
Great movie.
MEL GIBSON, of all people, produced and directed it.
To: cloudmountain
I didn’t...I’ll place it on my list...Thanks...
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posted on
08/13/2016 7:04:54 PM PDT
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JBW1949
(I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
To: cloudmountain
Climate change sure has been around a long time.
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posted on
08/13/2016 7:05:51 PM PDT
by
disndat
To: cloudmountain
The great pyramid at Chichen Itza has a wall going down the steps to the top and has a snake head at the bottom...
On the equinox, the sun casts a shadow of the corners of the pyramid along that wall and forms perfect diamonds along the wall depicting a rattlesnake’s markings...Only happens on that day that it is perfectly aligned...
Remarkable...
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posted on
08/13/2016 7:08:22 PM PDT
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JBW1949
(I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
To: MtnClimber
Those are very interesting figurines. Thanks for the post.
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posted on
08/13/2016 7:14:19 PM PDT
by
disndat
To: JBW1949
I wonder what the math folk thought about the sacrifices.
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posted on
08/13/2016 7:20:34 PM PDT
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dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: JBW1949
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posted on
08/13/2016 7:22:29 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(MSM: We lie to you sheep at the slaughterhouse to keep you calm during slaughter)
To: MtnClimber
And let’s not forget the Maya’s greatest contribution.....mayanaise.
Without them, no potato salad and then what would you eat with barbecued chicken? Rice? Forget it!
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posted on
08/13/2016 7:22:33 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: dp0622
They were the high priests overseeing the sacrifices.
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posted on
08/13/2016 7:23:35 PM PDT
by
disndat
To: combat_boots
Win or die:
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posted on
08/13/2016 7:24:29 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(MSM: We lie to you sheep at the slaughterhouse to keep you calm during slaughter)
To: dp0622
I don’t know...
The grotto where they tossed the young tied up virgins has water so blue it hurts your eyes...
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posted on
08/13/2016 7:25:41 PM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
To: disndat
Makes sense /s
Well, the Germans were brilliant but sadistic also, during WWII.
I guess the two are not mutually exclusive.
I believe the nazis also had a big thing for the occult.
odd.
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posted on
08/13/2016 7:26:04 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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