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Question for the learned scholars of FR - why would a population of 10 million need 'extensive defensive fences" "ramparts" and "citidels"? Who were they wanting to defend themselves from?
1 posted on 02/06/2018 9:53:27 PM PST by blueplum
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2 posted on 02/06/2018 9:58:42 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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There are un-excavated ruins all over Central America. You can climb to the top of excavated ruins/temples, look over the rain forest, and see areas where the vegetation suggests there is something underneath.
3 posted on 02/06/2018 10:00:28 PM PST by neverevergiveup
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Where the hell did everyone go?


4 posted on 02/06/2018 10:09:58 PM PST by Nachoman (Following victory, its best to reload.)
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10 posted on 02/06/2018 10:30:59 PM PST by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
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Question for the learned scholars of FR - why would a population of 10 million need 'extensive defensive fences" "ramparts" and "citidels"? Who were they wanting to defend themselves from?

Illegal immigrants from Mexico, of course. An early version of 'The Wall'.

11 posted on 02/06/2018 10:33:29 PM PST by eldoradude (Keep calm...we'll get to the carrion part later.)
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From each other. If they were like other Mayans they were split into rival city states.


12 posted on 02/06/2018 10:36:14 PM PST by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud..)
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Amazing! We toured Ostia Antica just outside Rome. Another lost city d3stroyed by volcano, ash.


14 posted on 02/06/2018 11:22:03 PM PST by buffyt (I am the way the truth the light, no one comes to the Father except by ME. Jesus said...)
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How many more “lost” cities are their?


16 posted on 02/06/2018 11:32:48 PM PST by Reno89519 (Americans Are Dreamers, Too! No to Amnesty, Yes to Catch-and-Deport, and Yes to E-Verify.)
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From the Indian invaders (now called our Mexican invaders). At they had defenses.


17 posted on 02/06/2018 11:34:25 PM PST by Reno89519 (Americans Are Dreamers, Too! No to Amnesty, Yes to Catch-and-Deport, and Yes to E-Verify.)
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From the Indian invaders (now called our Mexican invaders). At they had defenses.


18 posted on 02/06/2018 11:34:26 PM PST by Reno89519 (Americans Are Dreamers, Too! No to Amnesty, Yes to Catch-and-Deport, and Yes to E-Verify.)
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They misplaced their GPS.
That’s how the city got lost.
;-P


19 posted on 02/06/2018 11:47:06 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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Current Guatemala population totals 16 million


20 posted on 02/06/2018 11:56:34 PM PST by Southack (The one thing preppers need from the 1st World? http://tinyurl.com/ktfwljc .)
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So darksheare I should post in other threads like this?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3629849/posts?page=345#345

Meet an idiot who thinks that boycotting the NFL didn’t give BLM and antifa leverage over the NFL.


24 posted on 02/07/2018 12:54:54 AM PST by edzo4 (Congrats, your NFL protest was very successful for BLM and just the leverage they needed.)
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