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Exclusive: Laser Scans Reveal Maya "Megalopolis" Below Guatemalan Jungle
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| Tom Clynes
| Tom Clynes
Posted on 02/02/2018 11:30:31 AM PST by BenLurkin
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posted on
02/02/2018 11:30:31 AM PST
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BenLurkin
To: SunkenCiv
You may have already posted on this particular story. If so, please forgive me for duplicating.
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posted on
02/02/2018 11:31:07 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/02/2018 11:36:08 AM PST
by
DariusBane
(Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
To: BenLurkin
Interesting. With newer technology, well be able to find out a lot more about all of these ancient civilizations in different parts of the world.
The Mayans had obviously had big metropolitan areas, and then something happened - possibly attacks from the Aztecs, but possibly also some disease that reduced their population even prior to the European arrival (which brought European diseases).
Of course, our big disease in the West (Europe and the Americas) is abortion, which has reduced our native populations by close some 100 million.
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posted on
02/02/2018 11:39:14 AM PST
by
livius
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/02/2018 11:39:55 AM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/02/2018 11:39:55 AM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: livius
What I’d like to know is why such a sophisticated and complex people never got past blood sacrifice
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posted on
02/02/2018 11:41:28 AM PST
by
SMARTY
("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
To: BenLurkin
Their SUVs undoubtedly caused warming, a drought and the collapse of their civilization.
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posted on
02/02/2018 11:43:37 AM PST
by
JimRed
( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
To: Vaquero
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posted on
02/02/2018 11:45:31 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Vaquero
Why didn’t he just take the idol off while holding his thumb on the pad?
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posted on
02/02/2018 11:49:12 AM PST
by
Sawdring
To: SMARTY
Professor Donald Kessler: "We know they're extremely advanced
technologically, which suggests - very rightfully so - that they're peaceful.
An advanced civilization, by definition, is not barbaric."
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posted on
02/02/2018 11:49:16 AM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Sawdring
He thought it would have allowed him to walk away without poison arrows, impaling stakes or giant boulders. Didnt work eh?
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02/02/2018 11:52:16 AM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Sawdring
Same reason, I suppose, that in the movies, a guy who stepped on a mine didn’t just leap off it and run away when he heard the click.
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posted on
02/02/2018 11:53:48 AM PST
by
sparklite2
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To: BenLurkin
The Spanish conquistadors were not exactly invited guests, But I wonder if the guys painted blue were too disappointed to see these ships coming:
To: SMARTY
What about a civilization that eats its god and aborts its unborn children?
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posted on
02/02/2018 11:55:32 AM PST
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sparklite2
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To: DariusBane
They were still savages...a city full of savages is now a ruins. Imagine that /sarc
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02/02/2018 11:55:40 AM PST
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Ouderkirk
(Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
To: Ouderkirk
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02/02/2018 11:56:56 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Interesting.
But this statement: “Weve had this western conceit that complex civilizations cant flourish in the tropics, that the tropics are where civilizations go to die” - tells you what the author’s real intent is: to try to diminish European culture and achievement.
Since the article admits they didn’t have the wheel or “beasts of burden”, it’s really hard to swallow that thought. The reality is that Mayan technology was about 3000 yrs behind Mediterranean and ultimately Northern European cultures. Everyone builds pyramids at some point in their development. All you need is rocks and slaves.
It’s still interesting. But it doesn’t mean we should bow to them and think of them as our equals in development.
To: BenLurkin
I’m awestruck at the ability of the LIDAR. It was also ingenious that someone realized vegetation growing on limestone would absorb from the lime making it identifiable by satellite, implying structures beneath. They followed up, went out, and found structures.
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02/02/2018 11:58:16 AM PST
by
sparklite2
(See more at Sparklite Times)
To: Ouderkirk
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posted on
02/02/2018 11:58:25 AM PST
by
DariusBane
(Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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