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Archaeologists detect thousands of ruins along Mexico's Maya Train route
KNAU Arizona Public Radio ^
| October 25, 2021
| Ass Press
Posted on 10/25/2021 9:16:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Edited on 10/25/2021 6:52:37 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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posted on
10/25/2021 9:16:41 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
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posted on
10/25/2021 9:17:14 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
I heard they also detected 1000’s of ruins in detroit too.
Seriously though, pretty cool,about the ancient ruins
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posted on
10/25/2021 9:36:12 AM PDT
by
Bob434
To: SunkenCiv
This new rail line is intended to be a tourist attraction? Will it be complete with travelling banditos to entertain and lighten the load of the touristas?
When I was there 15 or so years ago we had to ride a chicken bus from Cancun to Playa Del Carmen. The tour bus to Chitzen Itza was much nicer, but the driver had to detour to avoid reported armed robbers on the route. Glad we missed them.
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posted on
10/25/2021 9:37:48 AM PDT
by
Auntie Dem
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
To: Auntie Dem
Looks like a lot of places to dump a body, too.
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posted on
10/25/2021 9:40:35 AM PDT
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: SunkenCiv
“Ceremonial Platforms” where the colorful and mostly peaceful ceremonies of the BIPOCS took place.
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posted on
10/25/2021 9:42:27 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Everything Woke turns to shit.” ~ President Donald Trump)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
10/25/2021 9:45:15 AM PDT
by
GOP Poet
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To: SunkenCiv
Archaeologists detect thousands of ruins along Mexico's Maya Train route Beside the ones above ground?..............
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posted on
10/25/2021 9:53:49 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: SunkenCiv
That’s EXACTLY the round-robin trip I wanted to take to explore Mexican ruins. There was, or was supposed to eventually be, a car ferry to run from Tampa to the Yucatan. Would’ve caught that over and probably been immediately kidnapped and held for ransom.
The dreams of youth...
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posted on
10/25/2021 9:56:29 AM PDT
by
moovova
(I'm dismayed that most of the world hates me for being non-vaxxed. Honest. No, really.)
To: Auntie Dem
I was in Playa Del Carmen 24 years ago. At that time, there were Army soldiers with machine guns at the Cancun airport entrance.
There was a whole lot of nothing until you got to Playa Del Carmen. We stayed in a hotel just on the north end of town. There were about 5 big resort hotels on the south side of Playa. I understand that has all changed dramatically now.
To: SunkenCiv
Sometimes i think that revealing ruins that cannot be protected until uncovered and placed in museums or otherwise protected is just inviting thieves to steal and sell archaeological items on the black market.
I wonder why the archaeologists don’t consider this when these news items are released.
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posted on
10/25/2021 10:07:39 AM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: SunkenCiv
Just some stuff I picked out of the Wiki page for the project...
On December 16, 2018, president López Obrador conducted a Mayan ritual to commemorate the start of construction on the Mayan Train project.
The first phase of the project is anticipated to open in the late 2020s, but tourism officials in the region have proposed accelerating work for a 2023 opening.[7][17]
As of June 2021 10% of the project had been completed.[23]
December 2019 consultation
In November 2020 the Regional Indigenous Council of Xpujil delivered a petition with 268,000 signatures to the Campeche Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources asking that the project be suspended because of environmental concerns.
As of January 2021 crews had uncovered more than 8000 ancient artifacts and structures during construction.[38]
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posted on
10/25/2021 10:11:07 AM PDT
by
moovova
(I'm dismayed that most of the world hates me for being non-vaxxed. Honest. No, really.)
To: moovova
Oh and...Blackwell and the Chinese are involved in financing parts of this thing. Three of the sections will be managed by the Mexican military. Lot of the gente don’t like it.
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posted on
10/25/2021 10:14:07 AM PDT
by
moovova
(I'm dismayed that most of the world hates me for being non-vaxxed. Honest. No, really.)
To: Beowulf9
If the Mexican gubmint wants them protected, they’d get protected. Or, they want it done, but want someone else to pay for it.
My view is, professional excavation, likely by foreign archaeologists, but a split of the artifacts, under gubmint oversight.
It would mean that looters wouldn’t be cracking intact inscribed stela into incoherent pieces and selling them to private collectors because they can get more from multiple pieces than they can selling them intact. Plus, they can’t move things that big or smuggle them out.
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posted on
10/25/2021 11:50:43 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: woodbutcher1963
Yes, we saw soldiers there and at the Mexico City airport too. That whole trip i got the feeling the authorities were very concerned about protecting their cash cows—the tourists. The local people were friendly, and I seldom felt in danger (except on the trip to Chitzen Itza). I doubt they feel as protective of the gringos now.
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posted on
10/25/2021 12:08:06 PM PDT
by
Auntie Dem
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
To: Auntie Dem
That whole trip i got the feeling the authorities were very concerned about protecting their cash cows—the tourists. In the old days you couldn't get on Cancun as a Mexican unless you worked there. They did a good job keeping the riff raf out. Yet if you drove to a ruin I guess you're on your own.
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posted on
10/25/2021 12:11:19 PM PDT
by
1Old Pro
(Let's make crime illegal again!)
To: SunkenCiv
“Archaeologists detect thousands of ruins along Mexico’s Maya Train route”
the most stunning part of this is that the Mayan’s had trains!
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posted on
10/25/2021 5:08:34 PM PDT
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: catnipman
Y'know, I'm really jealous I didn't post that. :^)
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posted on
10/25/2021 8:22:21 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
10/25/2021 8:27:14 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
I hate to see any artifacts stolen and sold on the black market. The history lost when the site is plundered just kills me. There for thousands of years and for the sake of a petty criminals spending spree all is lost forever.
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posted on
10/25/2021 10:58:00 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
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