Posted on 10/30/2024 6:22:41 PM PDT by rdl6989
A graduate student analyzing publicly available drone data in Mexico unexpectedly stumbled across a huge ancient Mayan city buried beneath dense jungle.
For centuries, the city lay hidden amid jungle canopy in the state of Campeche, on the Gulf of Mexico. New research published Tuesday in the journal Antiquity reveals sites that in total cover area about one-and-a-half times the size of Washington, D.C.
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Ping.
They couldn’t leave “climate change” out of this either.
Good point! You would think the Sink Hole...never mind....
I don’t understand, I thought climate change was only relevant to the 20th & 21st centuries?
That is a huge settlement by area (DC is ~70 square miles per the interwebs, so 105 mi^2 for this one), amazing how much has been hidden by time that hasn’t been publicly reported about. It’s interesting to consider what else has been hidden by time and loss of history; much to re-explore/discover in this world.
Wow! Would love to work on that.
Thanks rdl6989.
Interesting.
Lidar...the first thing that came to mind.
We’ve got about 40-million Mexican migrant-invader vermin who would be ideal candidates for repopulating the city...
Yeah, look at all the landscaping they could do, followed by stone and masonry work which could be capped by a massive graffiti project. Perfect for them
10/29/2024 6:42:41 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 35 replies The DeBrief ^ | October 29, 2024 | Christopher Plain
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The whole area was surveyed by LIDAR and all of this was uncovered at least a year ago. Many, many cities were revealed, likely this one also.
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