Example of a linear text in Teotihuacan writing painted in three columns on the floor of the Plaza de los Glifos.Image Credit: Christophe Helmke, University of Copenhagen
Gone Fishing
Translation of above:
No lady wants to wine and dine,
escorted by a porcupine.
Burma Shave
I got the key, it is in the little red riding hood story, what big eyes you have.
Either that, or it is one of those IQ tests which ask how the image on the left differs from the one on the right.
Don’t drink the koolaid.
Ancient people “disappeared” from an area for 3 reasons. Drought, pestilence, or murder by neighbors. Seems the residents of Teotihuacan fell victim to door number 3.
Too many Illegals moved in...
Nahuatl is related to Indian languages of the US Southwest (Uto-Aztecan family). It doesn’t seem likely that the language was spoken in the Teotihuacan area so early.
They split for Lake Titicaca because they heard it was a gas, man.
Dr. Samuel Davis, Jr. Phd
The Ilopango Caldera in El Salvador volcano erupted in the years 539–540 AD. This eruption ejected a huge amount of ash, leading to widespread global cooling (about -2 to -4 degrees) known as the Late Antique Little Ice Age and also put tons of sulfur into the atmosphere which rained down in the waterways and on the crop fields.
It’s the book …. “To serve Man”
That upper right image is clearly a guy kissing a playing card.
Gambling must have been big.
Famine, disease, conquerers, disastrous weather, or any combination of those would wipe out a civilization quickly enough.
Think that might have had something to do with it?
As a general rule a civilization can survive three years of bad harvests. Any more and things fall apart.
(1) Drought
(2) Epidemic
(3) Psychopathic leadership, backed up by a psychopathic army, like Pol Pot in Cambodia
It says they’ve moved to a secret underground chamber on Oak Island.
Hold my tequila and watch this!
“Ancient Inhabitants of Teotihuacan May Have Left Clues Explaining Their Mysterious Disappearance.”
“ Gone to Texas.”
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