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Anthropology

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4. Travelled to Chiapis last May to see Mayan ruins - it is a fascinating history.

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 07:38 AM

Sep 2017

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Amazing find. Always wonder what it would have been like to live during democratisphere Sep 2017 #1

I wonder that too. BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2017 #24

Kick Cracklin Charlie Sep 2017 #2

Fascinating trusty elf Sep 2017 #3

I hope... KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2017 #5

I'm fascinated by this. raven mad Sep 2017 #6

Lakes of mercury? bucolic_frolic Sep 2017 #7

Very, very slowly at room, or in this case, cave temperature. Brother Buzz Sep 2017 #13

Yeah, ok, but bucolic_frolic Sep 2017 #14

Mercury would be dangerous to humans FakeNoose Sep 2017 #25

Not really, not in a cool environment Warpy Sep 2017 #19

Ah, that hat making process involved heat and produced the dangerous gas Brother Buzz Sep 2017 #22

I worked in a state mental asylum in the 60s Warpy Sep 2017 #23

Oh how incredible! MuseRider Sep 2017 #8

hope the earthquakes dont damage it samnsara Sep 2017 #9

My family made several vacation trips to Mexico in the 60s. Grammy23 Sep 2017 #10

Just like in China. parkia00 Sep 2017 #11

I was struck by that as well. eppur_se_muova Sep 2017 #17

Visted that area almost 30 years ago BumRushDaShow Sep 2017 #12

They pretty much do know how and why it was abandoned Warpy Sep 2017 #18