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the macaws of copan

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Copan, Honduras: Copán is an ancient Mayan city that gave its name to the present-day city of Copán Ruinas, as well as to the capital (Santa Rosa de Copán) of the department of Copán, located in the westernmost part of Honduras. The archaeological site of Copán is located in the middle of the jungle, which was not excavated until the 19th century. Wikipedia

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COPAN MAYAN CULTURE - HONDURAS

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Stela N by Alfred Maudslay, Copan, Honduras 1885.

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Bat Gargoyle by Jason Mckim Via Flickr: @ copan sculpture museum, Honduras

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Population: 45,312

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I literally got in an argument 2 weeks ago with someone about this. Muthafucka had the goddamn audacity to go "oh what about things that are buried" then ignored everything I said about using satellite imagery combined with ground based lidar eliminating his "theory" that hundreds if not thousands of academics had already investigated.... and he knew I have a degree in history and had studied Egypt at that level and he was.... a computer programmer.

3 guesses to this MANs demographic... Oh, and of course, the reason he couldn't BELIEVE that other parts of Africa would have more pyramids he couldn't articulate... he couldn't articulate why he was ignoring facts and reason because of a vague belief, but I think I know why. You see, as home to Cleopatra and the Roman and Greek connections, western media portrays Egypt as more lighter skinned than oh say Sudan or Ethiopia or Eritrea. So his image of "Egypt" is Cleopatra, is Alexandria and is very very white.

And he's not the only one.... it's happened to me so many times before any time I bring up these pyramids and how fucking cool they are, just about every time someone starts doubting these facts.

And it's stupid. Cuz ya know, I'd love to talk about how in Sudan they use different angles and how there are different cultural traditions to pyramid building and different meanings and then compare them to berm buildings in Europe and wonder at the similarity of these structures and how they compare to the other pyramid structures worldwide, like in Cambodia or in Mayan territories or like in the deserts of peru....

See. There is a fascinating discussion to be had if people could just let go of their internal confusion and bigotry and examine the world as it is - its gorgeous.

Like LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL NUBIAN/SUDANESE PYRAMIDS

But WHY SO DIFFERENT FROM EGYPT?

And again, look at Ethiopia is more similar to nubian pyramids:

Which, are SO DIFFERENT from Zimbabwe stone structures

But these somehow remind me of Celtics mounds

Which then remind me of the early structures pre-ancient Egyptians built called mastabas

Begging the question, where are the similar pre-structures for their counterparts in Cambodia

And Mayan areas that were one of the last empires before colonizers showed up but they were in a long line going back thousands of years that developed into this:

And that's before diving into all the fascinating and mysterious and unknown civilizations that were erased or censored from history by colonizing assholes. And this is just a small fraction of such building, legit I ignored the whole subcontinent of India and the entire country of China, not to mention all the other places on this crazy planet of ours. LIKE SO MANY COOL PYRAMIDS AND WHY I WANT TO KNOW.

And this is the discussion I want to have with people. Not them going "ANCIENT ALIENS I SWEAR ONYL WHITE PPLLL SMART ENO7FB TO BUILD TBJNGS". And yes. That's how other white people sound to me when they get all belligerent and stupid. And yes. I view other people's inability to believe another culture is capable of building things by themselves and building a lot of them is often due to bigotry, especially if they don't back down when challenged. And yes, I'd rather run around building crazy buildings and digging up stuff and wondering about the past than argue about the present.

I MEAN LOOK AT THIS THING

I want to understand why people are so attracted to building these structures. I want to understand why so many cultures start with berm building and then why they obsess with these giant structures. There are so many better conversations to be had if everyone, everywhere could let go of their prejudices so we can talk about the shit that matters: GORRAM PYRAMIDS.

Did you know that Egypt, has the fewest pyramids in Africa?

Did you know that Sudan, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe have more pyramids (225 pyramids in Sudan alone) then all of Egypt.

There are remains of pyramids in South Africa, all the way along the Eastern and Northern parts of Africa and archeologists now believe that they may have found the remains of pyramids in West Africa. Why are we only taught that what is now known as Egypt (that tiny strip of land) is the only place where pyramids are in Africa, when in fact the ENTIRE continent of Africa (nearly 400 pyramids not just the six in Egypt) And Archeologist now believe that the pyramids in southern Africa may be the OLDEST pyramids in the world, followed by The Sudanese and Ethiopian pyramids, the West African pyramid ruins, and the North African Pyramids of so-called Egypt. (And im not even going to get into the fact that there are younger pyramids stretching FROM Africa in China, Italy, Europe and South America) WOW Im Amazed

neffera tiy maat bringing one truth at a time  Yaaaaaa

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Uaxaclajuun Ubʼaah Kʼawiil (Eighteen Rabbit)

Ruler of the Maya from January 2, 695, to May 3, 738.

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Copan Ruinas, Honduras

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“Dog Head In Pottery” Copan, Honduras c.unknown

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The horse at the sunflower field

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San Nicolás, Copan, Honduras: San Nicolás is a municipality in the department of Copán in the Republic of Honduras. It is believed to have been founded in 1835. In ancient times, San Nicolás was a farm called “San Nicolás de la Majada”, owned by people from Gracias. The population grew and became a village.  Wikipedia

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COPAN, CULTURA MAYA, HONDURAS

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Mayan ruin, Copan, Honduras