Luke Caverns
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Mesoamerica. They have been traditionally called the mother culture. They are the first ones to really build big cities to organize tens of thousands of people together to create at least the evidence of a religious structure. Like they're the first ones to make religious art. And they interacted with a bunch of other cultures. Nowadays, I see it at least as a more co-evolutionary thing.
Mesoamerica. They have been traditionally called the mother culture. They are the first ones to really build big cities to organize tens of thousands of people together to create at least the evidence of a religious structure. Like they're the first ones to make religious art. And they interacted with a bunch of other cultures. Nowadays, I see it at least as a more co-evolutionary thing.
A lot of interaction was happening with the people who would become the Maya, with the people who would become the Zapotec and the Mixtec. And the valley where the Aztecs would develop like 2,000 years later. So they interact with them. But they are β And what timeline?
A lot of interaction was happening with the people who would become the Maya, with the people who would become the Zapotec and the Mixtec. And the valley where the Aztecs would develop like 2,000 years later. So they interact with them. But they are β And what timeline?
A lot of interaction was happening with the people who would become the Maya, with the people who would become the Zapotec and the Mixtec. And the valley where the Aztecs would develop like 2,000 years later. So they interact with them. But they are β And what timeline?
We're talking Olmec run from 1800 BCE to 500 BCE. So 1,300 years worth of them. And then they turn β archaeology calls them at that point the Epi-Olmec. And that goes on to about 200 AD. Okay.
We're talking Olmec run from 1800 BCE to 500 BCE. So 1,300 years worth of them. And then they turn β archaeology calls them at that point the Epi-Olmec. And that goes on to about 200 AD. Okay.
We're talking Olmec run from 1800 BCE to 500 BCE. So 1,300 years worth of them. And then they turn β archaeology calls them at that point the Epi-Olmec. And that goes on to about 200 AD. Okay.
There's one of them there. Luke and I just went through and saw every one of them. Luke's actually bringing a group in two weeks for my exploration center all through that area.
There's one of them there. Luke and I just went through and saw every one of them. Luke's actually bringing a group in two weeks for my exploration center all through that area.
There's one of them there. Luke and I just went through and saw every one of them. Luke's actually bringing a group in two weeks for my exploration center all through that area.
I think that one is back, too. I boasted that I'd bring everybody to every set, all 17 heads, and then one was in China. So I missed it by one, but I think it's back. Okay, cool. But these heads are what everybody's fascinated by, and they are incredible. And their faces are very evocative. They do look African, though. And that's controversial to say, right? People don't like that.
I think that one is back, too. I boasted that I'd bring everybody to every set, all 17 heads, and then one was in China. So I missed it by one, but I think it's back. Okay, cool. But these heads are what everybody's fascinated by, and they are incredible. And their faces are very evocative. They do look African, though. And that's controversial to say, right? People don't like that.
I think that one is back, too. I boasted that I'd bring everybody to every set, all 17 heads, and then one was in China. So I missed it by one, but I think it's back. Okay, cool. But these heads are what everybody's fascinated by, and they are incredible. And their faces are very evocative. They do look African, though. And that's controversial to say, right? People don't like that.
No, I mean, it's common to say. In fact, it didn't start in pseudo-archaeology. It started with the very first person who was a historian who took a look at them.
No, I mean, it's common to say. In fact, it didn't start in pseudo-archaeology. It started with the very first person who was a historian who took a look at them.
No, I mean, it's common to say. In fact, it didn't start in pseudo-archaeology. It started with the very first person who was a historian who took a look at them.
In the 1800s, the first one that at that time they were calling the Head of Wayapon, now it's Tres Sapotes Head One, a historian came through and looked at it and said, when he wrote it up after his journey, he said, and that looked very Negroid. And that begins it. But when you look at the faces of the people of the Cozacolcos River Basin, they are like this.
In the 1800s, the first one that at that time they were calling the Head of Wayapon, now it's Tres Sapotes Head One, a historian came through and looked at it and said, when he wrote it up after his journey, he said, and that looked very Negroid. And that begins it. But when you look at the faces of the people of the Cozacolcos River Basin, they are like this.
In the 1800s, the first one that at that time they were calling the Head of Wayapon, now it's Tres Sapotes Head One, a historian came through and looked at it and said, when he wrote it up after his journey, he said, and that looked very Negroid. And that begins it. But when you look at the faces of the people of the Cozacolcos River Basin, they are like this.