▲ 108 ▼ Lost Mayan city found in Mexico jungle by accident (www.bbc.com) submitted 2 years ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca 7 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Jagothaciv@kbin.earth 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) I can imagine the conquistadors burned everyone and anything within its borders. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) A miraculous wind like what saved Japan from the Mongol invasions would indeed not have been uncalled-for. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Or just a big dude who raped them all to death and took their money. Either way. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jami@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) A miraculous wind like what saved Japan from the Mongol invasions would indeed not have been uncalled-for. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Or just a big dude who raped them all to death and took their money. Either way. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) A miraculous wind like what saved Japan from the Mongol invasions would indeed not have been uncalled-for. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Or just a big dude who raped them all to death and took their money. Either way. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) A miraculous wind like what saved Japan from the Mongol invasions would indeed not have been uncalled-for. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Or just a big dude who raped them all to death and took their money. Either way. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Or just a big dude who raped them all to death and took their money. Either way. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jami@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent
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