Luke Caverns
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I can say even without knowing those names, My response is ick.
I can say even without knowing those names, My response is ick.
I can say even without knowing those names, My response is ick.
By the jade head? Is he talking about the crystal skull?
By the jade head? Is he talking about the crystal skull?
By the jade head? Is he talking about the crystal skull?
I've seen this jade head. No, no. It's a big, thick jade head that they found in Altuha. Is there a picture, Steve? Now it's in a vault in Belmopan, the capital. I've seen it. I think that's it. Oh, yeah. That's wild. It's a really cool head.
I've seen this jade head. No, no. It's a big, thick jade head that they found in Altuha. Is there a picture, Steve? Now it's in a vault in Belmopan, the capital. I've seen it. I think that's it. Oh, yeah. That's wild. It's a really cool head.
I've seen this jade head. No, no. It's a big, thick jade head that they found in Altuha. Is there a picture, Steve? Now it's in a vault in Belmopan, the capital. I've seen it. I think that's it. Oh, yeah. That's wild. It's a really cool head.
Now, I don't know the archaeological context of this particular thing, whether they were mercury or not, but I have personally been involved in finding mercury more than once. So mercury was something that they were depositing. And mercury is interesting. It's actually cinnabar, which is just burned down. It becomes mercury. Wow.
Now, I don't know the archaeological context of this particular thing, whether they were mercury or not, but I have personally been involved in finding mercury more than once. So mercury was something that they were depositing. And mercury is interesting. It's actually cinnabar, which is just burned down. It becomes mercury. Wow.
Now, I don't know the archaeological context of this particular thing, whether they were mercury or not, but I have personally been involved in finding mercury more than once. So mercury was something that they were depositing. And mercury is interesting. It's actually cinnabar, which is just burned down. It becomes mercury. Wow.
this liquid silvery metal um i think that they loved it because it was um it was a red powdery substance the same thing that they put all over bodies cinnabar uh they they they paint maya king's bodies with it all the time is this the same stuff they would paint on the side of the walls that like last for that for that they'd use like ochre okay or uh or hematite got it uh
this liquid silvery metal um i think that they loved it because it was um it was a red powdery substance the same thing that they put all over bodies cinnabar uh they they they paint maya king's bodies with it all the time is this the same stuff they would paint on the side of the walls that like last for that for that they'd use like ochre okay or uh or hematite got it uh
this liquid silvery metal um i think that they loved it because it was um it was a red powdery substance the same thing that they put all over bodies cinnabar uh they they they paint maya king's bodies with it all the time is this the same stuff they would paint on the side of the walls that like last for that for that they'd use like ochre okay or uh or hematite got it uh
And cinnabar is much harder to come by. The only real source I know of any plenty is in the Belize Mountains. And what is cinnabar? What is the origin of that? It's interesting. I mean, again, I'm not a geologist, but it's actually a metal. And when you burn it, it turns into liquid mercury. Why? I was in an excavation in Copan.
And cinnabar is much harder to come by. The only real source I know of any plenty is in the Belize Mountains. And what is cinnabar? What is the origin of that? It's interesting. I mean, again, I'm not a geologist, but it's actually a metal. And when you burn it, it turns into liquid mercury. Why? I was in an excavation in Copan.
And cinnabar is much harder to come by. The only real source I know of any plenty is in the Belize Mountains. And what is cinnabar? What is the origin of that? It's interesting. I mean, again, I'm not a geologist, but it's actually a metal. And when you burn it, it turns into liquid mercury. Why? I was in an excavation in Copan.
I was lucky enough to be in the excavations of the tomb of the founder, Yash Kukmo, the first of 18 kings. Him and his wife were buried in the same building. But the wife was on top, and then there was a staircase going down, and then we excavated and found Yash Kukmo buried. underneath her. But in that staircase area, there was a and both these bodies, by the way, were covered in red cinnabar.
I was lucky enough to be in the excavations of the tomb of the founder, Yash Kukmo, the first of 18 kings. Him and his wife were buried in the same building. But the wife was on top, and then there was a staircase going down, and then we excavated and found Yash Kukmo buried. underneath her. But in that staircase area, there was a and both these bodies, by the way, were covered in red cinnabar.