Luke Caverns

He would have been familiar with these motifs. I believe after that in Rome, we don't see this motif anymore of the squared spiral. In Mesoamerica, in Mexico and Central America, This squared spiral motif stops with the burning of the Maya codices from Diego de Landa in like 1574.

He would have been familiar with these motifs. I believe after that in Rome, we don't see this motif anymore of the squared spiral. In Mesoamerica, in Mexico and Central America, This squared spiral motif stops with the burning of the Maya codices from Diego de Landa in like 1574.

He would have been familiar with these motifs. I believe after that in Rome, we don't see this motif anymore of the squared spiral. In Mesoamerica, in Mexico and Central America, This squared spiral motif stops with the burning of the Maya codices from Diego de Landa in like 1574.

He gathered all of the writing in the Maya world together in the city of what is modern-day Merida, and he burned it all up. And it was called multiple pyres. So imagine, let's say a pyre is at least from the floor to the ceiling stacked with codexes. Like have you ever seen the sticky notes that are connected on each side? That's how the Maya books looked. and he burned all that history.

He gathered all of the writing in the Maya world together in the city of what is modern-day Merida, and he burned it all up. And it was called multiple pyres. So imagine, let's say a pyre is at least from the floor to the ceiling stacked with codexes. Like have you ever seen the sticky notes that are connected on each side? That's how the Maya books looked. and he burned all that history.

He gathered all of the writing in the Maya world together in the city of what is modern-day Merida, and he burned it all up. And it was called multiple pyres. So imagine, let's say a pyre is at least from the floor to the ceiling stacked with codexes. Like have you ever seen the sticky notes that are connected on each side? That's how the Maya books looked. and he burned all that history.

Today, we only have three or four that exist, and one of them is controversial as to whether or not it's a forgery. So he destroyed all of the written history of the Mesoamerican world in one fell swoop. And to give you an idea of just how much it was, when the Spaniards arrived in the Aztec world, so the Aztec were standing on the shoulders of giants, being the Maya and all the other cultures.

Today, we only have three or four that exist, and one of them is controversial as to whether or not it's a forgery. So he destroyed all of the written history of the Mesoamerican world in one fell swoop. And to give you an idea of just how much it was, when the Spaniards arrived in the Aztec world, so the Aztec were standing on the shoulders of giants, being the Maya and all the other cultures.

Today, we only have three or four that exist, and one of them is controversial as to whether or not it's a forgery. So he destroyed all of the written history of the Mesoamerican world in one fell swoop. And to give you an idea of just how much it was, when the Spaniards arrived in the Aztec world, so the Aztec were standing on the shoulders of giants, being the Maya and all the other cultures.

The Aztecs were producing... 250,000 pieces of paper a year. It's something like that. It's an incredible amount of written knowledge and all of that knowledge is burned and gone. And so, you know, just again, when archaeologists stand behind their opinions so strongly as to chastise other people for speculating about, oh, well, you know, this could be this.

The Aztecs were producing... 250,000 pieces of paper a year. It's something like that. It's an incredible amount of written knowledge and all of that knowledge is burned and gone. And so, you know, just again, when archaeologists stand behind their opinions so strongly as to chastise other people for speculating about, oh, well, you know, this could be this.

The Aztecs were producing... 250,000 pieces of paper a year. It's something like that. It's an incredible amount of written knowledge and all of that knowledge is burned and gone. And so, you know, just again, when archaeologists stand behind their opinions so strongly as to chastise other people for speculating about, oh, well, you know, this could be this.

It's so silly because we're disconnected from the ancient world by a considerable margin. I mean, none of us really understand what's going on. I was having a conversation with...

It's so silly because we're disconnected from the ancient world by a considerable margin. I mean, none of us really understand what's going on. I was having a conversation with...

It's so silly because we're disconnected from the ancient world by a considerable margin. I mean, none of us really understand what's going on. I was having a conversation with...

Dr. Barnhart, we were at the Museum of Anthropology in Mexico, and we're looking at all these Maya gods up on this mural, and everything in Mesoamerica, whether it's the Maya, the Olmecs, the Aztecs, Teotihuacanos, Zapotecs, whatever, it's all very fierce and dark and scary, kind of scary to us.

Dr. Barnhart, we were at the Museum of Anthropology in Mexico, and we're looking at all these Maya gods up on this mural, and everything in Mesoamerica, whether it's the Maya, the Olmecs, the Aztecs, Teotihuacanos, Zapotecs, whatever, it's all very fierce and dark and scary, kind of scary to us.

Dr. Barnhart, we were at the Museum of Anthropology in Mexico, and we're looking at all these Maya gods up on this mural, and everything in Mesoamerica, whether it's the Maya, the Olmecs, the Aztecs, Teotihuacanos, Zapotecs, whatever, it's all very fierce and dark and scary, kind of scary to us.

And we're looking up at it, and he's like, you know, I've always wondered, like, where's the love in their religion? Like, you know, where are all the doves that you see, like, in Christian churches and stuff? And he was like, but, you know... In reality, if we could speak to them, we would probably be so embarrassed and shocked at how wrong our ideas are about who these people were.

And we're looking up at it, and he's like, you know, I've always wondered, like, where's the love in their religion? Like, you know, where are all the doves that you see, like, in Christian churches and stuff? And he was like, but, you know... In reality, if we could speak to them, we would probably be so embarrassed and shocked at how wrong our ideas are about who these people were.