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Lost Mayan city found in Mexico jungle by accident (www.bbc.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca
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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I can imagine the conquistadors burned everyone and anything within its borders.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    God I wish all those codices weren't burned. Or even that the surviving ones were made of sturdier material. Somehow even with all AI technology I'm not holding my breath for any digital reconstructions of those rotted lumps.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    While we're wishing, I kinda wish the Europeans had all died in a horrific shipwreck on the way over.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I agree with your point, but most Mayan cities in the region had been depopulated (not enough water is one theory) hundreds of years before colonization.

    Sorry to be that guy.

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