Posted on 11/10/2009 12:44:51 AM PST by restornu
Just in time for the 2012 craze, CNN reports on a brand new massive Mayan pyramid discovery, including an amazing stone frieze showing the Maya sacred creation story, the Popol Vuh:
World’s Largest Myran Pyramid Discovered VIDEO
First a Persian army (not Iranian ) and now a Mayan pyramid. It is amazing what you can find when you say up late and look.
Goodnight.
old things in the jungle shaped like a pyramid ping
INTERESTIMG.
hype, i see nothing there
Yup. Are we supposed to sing kumbaya now?
If something similar is found in Mexico will the head look like the Taco Bell dog???
LOL!!!
If something similar is found in Mexico will the head look like the Taco Bell dog???
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Aztec pyramid ruins found in Mexico City
Reuters ^ | 02 Aug 2007 | Reuters
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Interesting video, but it’s a shame that CNN ruined it with those obtrusive and constantly changing boxes of crap at the bottom of the screen.
“Interesting video, but it’s a shame that CNN ruined it with those obtrusive and constantly changing boxes of crap at the bottom of the screen.”
My theory is that CNN showed this interesting video so they wouln’t have to report the REAL NEWS. LOL.
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There are more pyramids in Mexico that all the rest of the world combined.
Idaho State University anthropologist Richard Hansen shows a 2,300-year-old stucco frieze found at the El Mirador archaeological site in northern Guatemala. Moises Castillo / AP
Archaeologists have unearthed a pair of monumental stucco panels in Guatemala that appear to depict one of the New World's oldest-known creation stories, going back thousands of years to what experts call "the cradle of Maya civilization." The discovery suggests that the saga, known as the Popol Vuh, was a centerpiece of Maya beliefs for well more than a millennium and stands as one of the world's enduring religious stories. The Popol Vuh chronicles how the Maya gods created the world and made several attempts to fashion people to live in it, including "mud people" and "wooden people" that didn't quite meet the grade. Finally, the gods got it right, creating the people who inhabited the urban site now known as El Mirador - where the panels were found - and the hundreds of thousands of acres comprising the Serpent Kingdom...
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