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Anthropology

mike_c

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1. years ago, in northern Belize...

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 12:58 PM

Yesterday

... I went riding in the jungle for a day with a local guide. He showed me that nearly every forested hill we rode over was a collapsed or covered building, and flat spots were ancient plazas and ball courts. Mile after mile of rubble under the jungle.

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