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In reply to the discussion: Forgotten Mayan city 'discovered' in Central America by 15-year-old [View all]tomm2thumbs
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interesting as it also appears another structure, below/right of the one circled
I had done some research with a man who helped discover long-lost native American roads/paths by flying over land in the late of the evening, to see at extreme lighting angles, the differences in growth patterns of plants -- often native travelers would accidentally drop seeds from their carts as they traveled, and they can locate paths by differences in plant-types along paths, as well as heights of existing overgrowth compared to worn areas from travel. Fascinating and glad a lot of folks have their interests on such keen thinking about our history.
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Forgotten Mayan city 'discovered' in Central America by 15-year-old [View all]
Judi Lynn
May 2016
OP
How are we supposed to believe this when they show nothing of the assumed city, nor did
L. Coyote
May 2016
#1
Thanks for the map. It looks wonderful seeing these names all at the same time. n/t
Judi Lynn
May 2016
#34
Someone planted corn and the area grew back. Seen this many times, nothing new except those trees.
L. Coyote
May 2016
#7
is there a link you were placing, I see one bracket to maybe it got filtered out by the editor
tomm2thumbs
May 2016
#9
Thank you for the French translation. This kid should be so proud of his hard work, and ability.
Judi Lynn
May 2016
#12
Damn. Feel sorry for his fellow 15-yr-olds trying to compete with that science project.
SunSeeker
May 2016
#18
I was working on making food from coal. I'd completed my antibiotics from soil work by then.
L. Coyote
May 2016
#32
Ah, Coal Food! Tasty! So you're the one. Soil antibiotics saved the world, already! Congrats! n/t
Judi Lynn
May 2016
#33
I may have been mistaken about the corn field, local archaeologist says it may be a marijuana field.
L. Coyote
May 2016
#45
Bad luck for the growers when people start creeping in, hoping to make off with amazing treasures!
Judi Lynn
May 2016
#46
that nothing...when i was 15 i .....i......i oh shit never mind....................
dembotoz
May 2016
#19
Well, find is in MX, so people are criticizing a stupid "journalist" and not the young man's work.
L. Coyote
May 2016
#29
It is a clearing, the archaeologists in the area know the place, they say it is a marijuana field
L. Coyote
May 2016
#49
Anthony Aveni has published a lot of Maya archaeoastronomy, but never claimed Maya used star maps.
L. Coyote
May 2016
#30
Canadian teen William Gadoury's discovery of 'Mayan city' debunked as junk science
L. Coyote
May 2016
#39