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Ancient Pyramid Structure Discovered During Road Construction In Mexico
IFL Science ^ | December 09, 2024 | Tom Hale

Posted on 12/09/2024 10:28:12 PM PST by Red Badger

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21 posted on 12/10/2024 5:03:25 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Waverunner

Where did you extract that?

I’d like to see the references to 6 and 7.

I did not know there were books in the new world prior to Europeans - thank you for educating me on that. You were right


22 posted on 12/10/2024 6:00:52 AM PST by Cronos
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To: Cronos

i just grabbed that quickly off wiki, however as a history buff interested in the Americas, I have several books in my library that reference the codices. Unfortunately the Spanish inquisition were at their peak about the time of the new world expeditions, and they would not tolerate the images that appeared to be the languages of devils and demons to exist. The whole histories of civilizations gone up in smoke. It ranks right up there with the decision given by Pope Nicolas V in a papal bull to the Portuguese after Antao Goncalves brought Africans he had traded for back to Portugal. Sometimes people just screw up royally .


23 posted on 12/10/2024 6:20:28 AM PST by Waverunner
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To: Red Badger

“construction of a third lane on a federal highway in Hidalgo”

A third lane in Mexico? That could add an interesting dynamic to driving (and hoping to stay alive) in Meh-hee-coh.


24 posted on 12/10/2024 6:52:09 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: Red Badger

“Many of these can be attributed to LiDAR, which stands for Light Detection and Ranging, a remote sensing technology that uses laser light to reveal a world hidden from the naked eye. It uses reflected light to generate information about the shape and characteristics of objects that might otherwise be hidden by vegetation, the ground, or other structures. It’s proved to be especially fruitful in tropical regions where long-lost archaeological features have become swamped by vegetation.”

This technology is enabling that exploration. Quite an amazing technology!


25 posted on 12/10/2024 7:01:57 AM PST by TheDon (Resist the usurpers! Remember the J6 political prisoners!)
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To: Waverunner

Interesting - that is a big gap in my knowledge. My historical knowledge is mainly focused on the Indo-European and Semitic and Elamo-Sumerian-Dravidian space (overlapping spaces) .

I really thought that the MesoAmericans had only stone pictographs...


26 posted on 12/10/2024 7:49:42 AM PST by Cronos
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To: DannyTN

Can you loot the stone to build an ancient like Airbnb?


27 posted on 12/12/2024 3:22:00 PM PST by Sawdring
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To: SharpRightTurn

The third lane is for passing. They don’t have a third lane but it is accepted to pass where the muchacha in front of you moves over and the señor de la droga coming at you does the same while you pass.


28 posted on 12/12/2024 3:25:24 PM PST by Sawdring
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To: Sawdring

Well yeah, there are a lot of roadside cliffs in the area to collect stones from.

I need robots for labor through....ELON!!!!


29 posted on 12/12/2024 6:00:56 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: Sawdring

Ha ha. I still have occasional flashbacks to driving in Mexico years ago.


30 posted on 12/14/2024 10:18:22 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: DesertRhino

The Sahara, too, is giving up its secrets to satellite and LiDAR. Makes sense that 6,000 years ago folks lived there in what was a fertile Savannah at the time.


31 posted on 12/14/2024 10:27:26 AM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.")
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