[MtnClimber]

Interesting photographs at link

[vetvetdoug]

The cavernous limestone water reservoirs beneath the Mayan Pyramids tells the story of how they thrived in an area with no rivers nearby. Once these were found then much of the Mayan history made more sense.

[Donglalinger]

[beebuster2000]

amazing. and all without metal.

[cloudmountain]

A national geographic show claimed that their fall came because of a two-year drought, NOT A DROP OF RAIN. They had a complicated system of cisterns that collected water and those cisterns were their only source of water but THOSE cisterns were used up and NOT replaced by any rain for two solid years.

The locals either died of thirst or left the area.

[blueunicorn6]

And let’s not forget the Maya’s greatest contribution.....mayanaise.

Without them, no potato salad and then what would you eat with barbecued chicken? Rice? Forget it!

[Inyo-Mono]

Has anyone heard from SunkenCiv lately?

[garjog]

The Mayans were a bunch of sadistic killers. Sort of like Democrats today.

[AZLiberty]

Thanks for sharing. Fascinating.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

This site makes Tikal look like gumdrops (I did some exploratory surveys (1966) around the outer areas of Tikal and got to climb to the top of Temple IV which overlooked the Peten.

We heard that other large complexes lay further out, but couldn’t see them because of the high jungle tree growth, so could be one of them.

Congrats to the archaeologists for this great find.

[C19fan]

My wife is Guatemalan so I have been to Guatemala a few times to visit her family. I been able to go to several Mayan sites from the Classical Era: Tikal, Copan and Ceibal. Great experience.