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Re:Ancient Maya city discovered in Mexican jungle by c420 on Thursday June 22, 2023 @08:21PM (#36441092)
The topography is also extremely level so if you see anything mound-ish, there's likely something man-made in there.
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Re:Ancient Maya city discovered in Mexican jungle by distortionfield on Thursday June 22, 2023 @10:09PM (#36441972)
Yeah, this surprised me a lot when I was in Mexico, it was so much more flat than I thought it would be. Dense, thick, flat carpet of jungle as far as the eye can see.
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Re:Ancient Maya city discovered in Mexican jungle by interactivecode on Friday June 23, 2023 @06:13AM (#36444884)
Does that mean it has clearly been cultivated to be that flat?
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Re:Ancient Maya city discovered in Mexican jungle by corinroyal on Friday June 23, 2023 @04:17PM (#36451708)
No. It's undeformed limestone karst, meaning old uplifted seabed that was not crunched up.
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