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Posts posted by George Simian
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Hopefully the count in charge wraps himself around a tree on that FANCY road
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http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/05/13/builders-bulldoze-mayan-pyramid-in-belize/
are you fucking joking?
BELIZE CITY – Bulldozers and backhoes have essentially destroyed one of Belize's largest Mayan pyramids, which survived millennia of storms, rain and wind only to succumb to a construction company seeking gravel for road fill.
The head of the Belize Institute of Archaeology says the destruction was detected late last week, and only a small portion of the center of the pyramid mound was left standing, according to the Associated Press. 7Newsbelize.com, the website for TV channel 7 in the small Caribbean country, accompanied a handful of archaeologists to the site recent.
'It's an incredible display of ignorance.'- John Morris, an archaeologist with the Institute of Archaeology
They described the destruction as "intolerable."
"This is one of the worst that I have seen in my entire 25 years of archaeology in Belize," John Morris, an archaeologist with the Institute of Archaeology, told 7newsbelize.com's Jules Vasquez. "We can't salvage what has happened out here -- it's an incredible display of ignorance. I am appalled and don't know what to say at this particular moment."
Jaime Awe, director of the Institute of Archaeology, said he was sickened by the destruction of the Noh Mul pyramid and temple platform, which date back about 2,300 years. He told 7newsbelize.com it was "intolerable."
Photos of the remaining portion of the pyramid showed what appeared to be classic Mayan-arched chamber dangling above one clawed-out section.
The Noh Mul complex sits on private land, but Belizean law states any pre-Hispanic ruins are under government protection.
The heavy equipment at the site carries the name D-Mar Construction, but Denny Grijalva, owner of the company, told 7newsbeilze he knew nothing about the project.
Morris said that the construction company must have been aware of the site's significance.
"There is absolutely no way that they would not know that these are Maya Mounds," he said.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/05/13/builders-bulldoze-mayan-pyramid-in-belize/#ixzz2TJWiVlOZ -
yoink!
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I missed the last one and it looks like I might have to skip this one too, going to MardiGrass!
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3LO is always on in my house, Johns better than Richard!
Good luck!
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Nooooooooooooo
I missed it!
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The mag is superb
I subscribed ;)
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ooooohhhh
did I miss out?!?
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Pm'd
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Yahoooo!
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I'll try my darndest to make it fruit. though I have a suspicion that it may not be self pollinating
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Hmmm well they must have pretty retarded flys in Africa because these things would not be easy to get trapped in.
They do smell, funnily enough, like man juice.
Actually that makes me very worried about the flys....
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That last pic is nuts Explorer!
looks like on of those lures deep sea fish have
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Subs 2013
in Mycology
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Finally!
wheres wally?