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Ancient Maya Temples Were Giant Loudspeakers?
National Geographic News ^
| December 16, 2010
| Ker Than
Posted on 12/30/2010 7:01:44 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Mayan be a simulation program out by 2012?
It would be cool to have this all virtually before then.
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posted on
12/30/2010 9:32:58 PM PST
by
TheBigIf
To: SunkenCiv
So this is how they talked to the alien space ships from the future prior to the invention of tin foil.
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posted on
12/30/2010 9:47:43 PM PST
by
Waverunner
(I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
To: Cvengr
Horns are good. Large straight horns are really good, major SPL with moderate output tube equipment.
To: SunkenCiv; All
While reading the continuation of the article I found myself wondering about the labyrinth of Crete, and the paleolitic caves of France and Spain. One of the comments also raised the question of Crete, caves, and underground temples of Malta.
To: Seven plus One
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posted on
12/31/2010 3:06:10 AM PST
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: razorback-bert
If you go to Chichenitza, and that is really a must visit site, be sure to check out a small area near one of the non-descript stone buildings which has stone reliefs of all the known animals in the jungle — your guide will know where this is -— on one panel you will see what looks very much like a horse... which as you know was not know to be in the Americas at that time.
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posted on
12/31/2010 4:09:05 AM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine .. now it is your turn..)
To: Cvengr
To: razorback-bert
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posted on
12/31/2010 6:17:10 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: Leo Carpathian; seowulf; Adder; Waverunner
There’s been recent interest in the acoustical experiences of past civs, because it’s something that can actually still be studied where the monuments have survived — Stonehenge, PreColumbian complexes, Greek theaters, caves — and band shells, which in the first half of the twentieth century were still popular, but have declined in use (and are no longer constructed) because of the vast improvement in electronic amplification.
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posted on
12/31/2010 6:29:22 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: gigster; Cvengr; Grizzled Bear; katana; Seven plus One
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posted on
12/31/2010 6:30:55 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: TheBigIf
;') [singing] two thousand uno du'os party over says the lights of heaven /
tonight i'm gonna party like it's two thousand eleven
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posted on
12/31/2010 6:31:38 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: seowulf
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posted on
12/31/2010 6:35:47 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: decimon; JoeProBono; gleeaikin; AGreatPer
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posted on
12/31/2010 6:36:23 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: seowulf
Giving birth to open mike night.
To: Cvengr
I like these acoustics better...
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posted on
12/31/2010 6:44:15 AM PST
by
newfreep
(Palin/DeMint 2012 - Bolton: Secy of State)
To: PIF
Been to Chichenitza once to see the serpent come down. Clouds messed it up at the very last minute. Would love to go again but not with the current violence in Mexico. The local crafts on sale at the solstice are worth the trip if nothing else.
Cozumel has a small stone temple or two that legend has was an early warning for hurricanes as it supposedly started making a loud sound when the wind got to a certain speed.
To: nomorelurker
Haven't been to Chichenitza in a few years, but elsewhere in Mexico buying local crafts is now a crap shoot. None of the good stuff I use to buy, a lot made in some local Chinese shop. There is a factory on the road from Playa Camen to Tulem, where they do make nice things by hand using modern power machines and the price are right.
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posted on
12/31/2010 8:18:39 AM PST
by
razorback-bert
(Some days it's not worth chewing through the straps.)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
Giving birth to open mike night. Exactly...karaoke.
Except the way we do it the audience suffers.
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posted on
12/31/2010 9:00:40 AM PST
by
seowulf
("If you write a whole line of zeroes, it's still---nothing"...Kira Alexandrovna Argounova)
To: Cvengr
This little book was a large feature in the corruption of my life when I was 15 or so. Technology useful to the Mayans, since they didn't have transistors yet, and I'll assume they were restricted to whatever a quad of pentodes could deliver in class AB. Tons 'O fun. Mr. Bose ruined all of that with his 901, which would absorb 100 watts just to be audible, but still sounded great, and took up hardly any space.
To: seowulf
I think the last thing one would want hear at one of those is the high priest doing his opening act;
...great to see so many people here from out of town. Are you guys alriiiight! Great last act of “Stop Dragging My Heart Around.” Before our next performance of “Someone Could Lose A Heart Tonight,” can I get a volunteer from the audience?
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