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Discussion in 'History and Culture' started by catalinacat, Mar 20, 2012.

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  1. catalinacat

    catalinacat Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    On this day March 20, in Chichen Itza, Mexico the skill of the Mayan builders of the 1,000 year old temple of El Castillo de Kukulcan is on dazzling display today, on the spring equinox, and again at the autumnal equinox. The play of later-afternoon light and shadow creates a moving serpent that, over 34 minutes, slithers down the pryramid's steps.


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    Talon, Mar 20, 2012
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    Talon Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    As if that wasn't amazing enough, get a load of this:

    I saw a show about this pyramid and they compared the acoustical signatures of the quetzal bird and the chirp that is produced when you clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and they matched exactly.

    Absolutely incredible...
     
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    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjOyi2IQKSI&feature=fvsr"]Chichen Itza Yucatan Mexico - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SttsmFcuYIM&feature=related"]Quetzacoatl y la serpiente emplumada: Kukulcán - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEn8MT7gX38"]sounds - YouTube[/ame]
     
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  7. catalinacat

    catalinacat Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Quetzacoatl...the feathered serpent. The god sailed off to the east, and returned in 1519 CE.
     
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    I'd love to eventually visit this site and see this on the equinox.
     
    KSigMason, Mar 21, 2012
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  10. catalinacat

    catalinacat Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I would love it too.
     
    catalinacat, Mar 21, 2012
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    In 1312, 700-years ago, the Knights Templar were officially disbanded and dissolved when Pope Clement V issued the Papal Bull, Vox In Excelso (Voice on High).
     
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    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exAFkVUZ5j8&feature=fvst"]Apocalypto Part 7 - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    Then,Evil chaser self-suicided on the trap and happy woman and her husband met with the Portuguese or the Spaniards, but it does not matter .
    Very sad Story :)
     
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  14. catalinacat

    catalinacat Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Very interesting, 700 years ago.
     
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    catalinacat Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Nice Place, Historical places are amazing, We have to protect our historical places.
     
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    Excellent Post .
    Never seen it before .Plus Talon .


    P.S. Evil , nobody asked for shots of your mud hut .
     
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    catalinacat Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I agree and thankfully, a lot of them have been protected.:camera:
     
    catalinacat, Mar 27, 2012
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    catalinacat Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    On this day, the State Fair of Texas, yeehaw! :cowboy:


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    lol ... Lol
     
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    This Day in 45 BC, Pompey the great was assassinated in Eygpt.
     
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    catalinacat Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    The Cervantes Arts Festival, in Guanajuato, Mexico, held for weeks in October. The festival floods the city with well-known performing artists from around the world.8)

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    Must see this one day...
     
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    catalinacat Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    The Day of the Dead, in Oaxaca, Mexico. Skeleton motifs appear in decorations in front of a cathedral. The belief that souls of the dead return each year, to be welcomes by their families, predates the Aztecs. Now it is celebrated in conjunction with All Saints' Day.

    A good time to remember those who have gone before us.:skull:

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    Memento Mori.


    In 1988 Virus, launched a student at Cornell University, Robert Morris, hit the Pentagon's computer networks, and some number of universities. A student came to court, was fined and given a suspended sentence.
     
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