Posted on 11/17/2016 11:37:21 AM PST by sparklite2
(Newser) – When Hernan Cortez and his Spanish army marched into Cholula in present-day Mexico nearly 500 years ago, they were greeted by a peaceful people prone to building pyramids instead of stockpiles of weapons. Those people and their pyramids fell, and fast, with 10% of the local population murdered in a day as their pyramids were torched into oblivion.
But as legend has it, one mud-brick pyramid was hidden, perhaps accidentally by vegetation, and was for centuries mistaken for a mountain, until locals began to construct an insane asylum in 1910. That's when they discovered the largest monument ever constructed anywhere in the world.
Tlachihualtepetl, or the Great Pyramid of Cholula, stands more than 200 feet tall and nearly 1,500 feet wide, dwarfing the Great Pyramid of Giza in volume, reports the BBC.
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One would think such a sacrifice would change people.
Make sure you put “flower wars” in the search terms too.
Peace loving, but prone to mass human sacrifice.
“...they were greeted by a peaceful people prone to building pyramids instead of stockpiles of weapons.”
Aztecs? Peaceful? They were bloodthirsty animals that sacrificed their children to their gods!
Oh, wait. That’s Pro-Abort Democrats. My bad. *SNORT*
Thanks for the link.
I thought the other one was a bit stingy with the info.
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“Beneath the tiny church, hiding under tufts of grass, trees and soil, is an ancient pyramid of truly gigantic proportions.”
Why do I immediately think of the movie “From Dusk To Dawn”?
Now you’ve got me thinking of pre-mustache Salma Hayek....
No kidding!
Oh, no you dit'int!!!!
The mods get angry if I post “that video” but it’s still the most awesome dance ever put to film.
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“they were greeted by a peaceful people prone to building pyramids instead of stockpiles of weapons.”
The culture the Spaniards found in Mexico makes the NAZIs look human. The NAZIs did not eat their enemies.
The NAZIs did not force their enemies to watch their children being sacrificed to evil gods, as their beating hearts were ripped from their body, and then be forced to eat some of their children’s flesh.
The Conquest of Mexico, by Bernal Diaz, is a first hand account of one of Cortez’ foot soldiers.
It should be required reading in every high school.
It is an easy read. Perhaps the best history book I have ever read.
https://www.amazon.com/Discovery-Conquest-Mexico-Bernal-Castillo/dp/0306806975
Elizabeth Armstrong Moore is an ass.
How do you burn rock, in one day?
My ancestry is mestizo-Spanish and Native American-and the Aztecs and all those other peaceful tribes had fought, slaughtered and conquered each other for centuries-and that is what they were doing when the Spaniards who fought each other in Spain got there to conquer-and mix with them-no doubt why we have such terrible tempers-two cruel, volatile and warlike groups hooked up and had kids...
I’ve been to a lot of archaeological sites in Mexico-but never been to that pyramid-very interesting...
LOL...yes, “they had heart.”
Post it !!
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