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0 pointshinkley6y ago0 comments

I remember a few years ago they thought they had a temple on a hill and they discovered the entire hill was the temple. It was so overgrown they couldn’t find the base. If the environment fights back that hard...

I mean, you’re fighting entropy every day. Sounds like an eco paradise but is also hell for historians.

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code_devil6y ago

Infact, the Spanish built a temple on a hill in Cholula only to be discovered that it was actually a Pyramid!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Cholula

jacobolus6y ago

In the jungles of Central America, there are an unbelievable number of square pointy hills covered in foliage.

Abandon a stone city for 1000 years in the jungle and it gets pretty unrecognizable.

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