Luke Caverns
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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.
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.
thousands and thousands of them out there and recorded you know at least hundreds probably over a thousand it's part of the problem is how do we define pyramid which you know is a sticky thing like nobody even wants to say anything here in North America is a pyramid we call them mounds which kind of you know makes them inert and so in in the Maya area
thousands and thousands of them out there and recorded you know at least hundreds probably over a thousand it's part of the problem is how do we define pyramid which you know is a sticky thing like nobody even wants to say anything here in North America is a pyramid we call them mounds which kind of you know makes them inert and so in in the Maya area
thousands and thousands of them out there and recorded you know at least hundreds probably over a thousand it's part of the problem is how do we define pyramid which you know is a sticky thing like nobody even wants to say anything here in North America is a pyramid we call them mounds which kind of you know makes them inert and so in in the Maya area
Does it have to be a pyramid-type freestanding thing to be called a pyramid? How tall does it have to be? Is a five-meter one a pyramid, or should we call it another kind of building? But in the broadest definition of pyramid, I'd say that Palenque alone has 100. Wow. What is the size of Palenque? It's 200 hectares, about two and a half kilometers across and only a half a kilometer wide.
Does it have to be a pyramid-type freestanding thing to be called a pyramid? How tall does it have to be? Is a five-meter one a pyramid, or should we call it another kind of building? But in the broadest definition of pyramid, I'd say that Palenque alone has 100. Wow. What is the size of Palenque? It's 200 hectares, about two and a half kilometers across and only a half a kilometer wide.
Does it have to be a pyramid-type freestanding thing to be called a pyramid? How tall does it have to be? Is a five-meter one a pyramid, or should we call it another kind of building? But in the broadest definition of pyramid, I'd say that Palenque alone has 100. Wow. What is the size of Palenque? It's 200 hectares, about two and a half kilometers across and only a half a kilometer wide.
It sits up on this plateau above the plains. So the mountains come up about 100 meters, a plateau of about half a kilometer wide. is where the city is, and then the mountains continue to rise above them.
It sits up on this plateau above the plains. So the mountains come up about 100 meters, a plateau of about half a kilometer wide. is where the city is, and then the mountains continue to rise above them.
It sits up on this plateau above the plains. So the mountains come up about 100 meters, a plateau of about half a kilometer wide. is where the city is, and then the mountains continue to rise above them.
We did. We looked at his map, and I told him that when you arrived there, this was, you got the job because you had done the, you had found Belize, right? Right. And, or I'm sorry, you had found Moshnah. Moshnah. He didn't find Belize. We knew where Belize was. So he had got the job because he had discovered Mashnah.
We did. We looked at his map, and I told him that when you arrived there, this was, you got the job because you had done the, you had found Belize, right? Right. And, or I'm sorry, you had found Moshnah. Moshnah. He didn't find Belize. We knew where Belize was. So he had got the job because he had discovered Mashnah.
We did. We looked at his map, and I told him that when you arrived there, this was, you got the job because you had done the, you had found Belize, right? Right. And, or I'm sorry, you had found Moshnah. Moshnah. He didn't find Belize. We knew where Belize was. So he had got the job because he had discovered Mashnah.
Wow. And so you can take it from there.
Wow. And so you can take it from there.
Wow. And so you can take it from there.
But then I mapped about 1,200. Sure. And it's not the whole city either. There's things, there's some dispersed things on the hills above it, and there's a bunch more stuff to the west. And somebody just showed me, they just finally made a LIDAR of it. And about a half a kilometer to... The east of where I stopped mapping is a really big pyramid.
But then I mapped about 1,200. Sure. And it's not the whole city either. There's things, there's some dispersed things on the hills above it, and there's a bunch more stuff to the west. And somebody just showed me, they just finally made a LIDAR of it. And about a half a kilometer to... The east of where I stopped mapping is a really big pyramid.
But then I mapped about 1,200. Sure. And it's not the whole city either. There's things, there's some dispersed things on the hills above it, and there's a bunch more stuff to the west. And somebody just showed me, they just finally made a LIDAR of it. And about a half a kilometer to... The east of where I stopped mapping is a really big pyramid.