Luke Caverns
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However, at El Mirador... Even though the construction there was the least efficient way to do it in managing resources, it actually preserved most of these sites perfectly because when they peel the layer of the vegetation off, the stones haven't moved at all. They were too big for the jungle to ever grow through them, you know, over the last... Yeah.
The stones there are just too big, too tightly packed. You know, I would say that they're as long as this table and maybe a foot and a half, 18 inches, 24 inches wide. And they're all slid into each other. And it's too monumental for the jungle to ever grow through it. So this was something that it's like the primordial beginnings of the Maya world.
The stones there are just too big, too tightly packed. You know, I would say that they're as long as this table and maybe a foot and a half, 18 inches, 24 inches wide. And they're all slid into each other. And it's too monumental for the jungle to ever grow through it. So this was something that it's like the primordial beginnings of the Maya world.
The stones there are just too big, too tightly packed. You know, I would say that they're as long as this table and maybe a foot and a half, 18 inches, 24 inches wide. And they're all slid into each other. And it's too monumental for the jungle to ever grow through it. So this was something that it's like the primordial beginnings of the Maya world.
And I've just been looking forward to seeing it for so long. I finally documented it. It was so hard to find great photos of this in person. So that's what I was doing 10 days ago.
And I've just been looking forward to seeing it for so long. I finally documented it. It was so hard to find great photos of this in person. So that's what I was doing 10 days ago.
And I've just been looking forward to seeing it for so long. I finally documented it. It was so hard to find great photos of this in person. So that's what I was doing 10 days ago.
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Oh, that's โ you know, somebody like Luke should actually count them all up as best we can. Because Egypt, we know the number, right? Yeah, it's like 140, 130. Yeah, yeah.
Oh, that's โ you know, somebody like Luke should actually count them all up as best we can. Because Egypt, we know the number, right? Yeah, it's like 140, 130. Yeah, yeah.
Oh, that's โ you know, somebody like Luke should actually count them all up as best we can. Because Egypt, we know the number, right? Yeah, it's like 140, 130. Yeah, yeah.
In Egypt, it seems to kind of vary between โ because, you know, a lot of those smaller pyramids, they were quarried away to rebuild modern-day Cairo. Oh, yeah. You know, so the number kind of drifts between 125 to 140. And he and I were talking, the first trip I ever joined him on โ
In Egypt, it seems to kind of vary between โ because, you know, a lot of those smaller pyramids, they were quarried away to rebuild modern-day Cairo. Oh, yeah. You know, so the number kind of drifts between 125 to 140. And he and I were talking, the first trip I ever joined him on โ
In Egypt, it seems to kind of vary between โ because, you know, a lot of those smaller pyramids, they were quarried away to rebuild modern-day Cairo. Oh, yeah. You know, so the number kind of drifts between 125 to 140. And he and I were talking, the first trip I ever joined him on โ
We were in Palenque and everywhere you would drive and everywhere you would walk, you know, you can go to an area of Palenque where it's all cleared away and, you know, and the grass is perfectly laid for all the tourists that are there. But he took us out into the outer ruins on the outside of the city and everywhere you walk, it's these huge pyramids.
We were in Palenque and everywhere you would drive and everywhere you would walk, you know, you can go to an area of Palenque where it's all cleared away and, you know, and the grass is perfectly laid for all the tourists that are there. But he took us out into the outer ruins on the outside of the city and everywhere you walk, it's these huge pyramids.
We were in Palenque and everywhere you would drive and everywhere you would walk, you know, you can go to an area of Palenque where it's all cleared away and, you know, and the grass is perfectly laid for all the tourists that are there. But he took us out into the outer ruins on the outside of the city and everywhere you walk, it's these huge pyramids.
And we were talking there and he was like, you know, the common term is that Egypt is the land of the pyramids, but it's pretty obvious this is the land of the pyramids.