Need some gravel? That 2300 year old pyramid looks ripe for the pickin'

Construction crew levels Mayan pyramid in Belize

EDIT: 3200. I backwardz'd the nombres.

Someone's going to jail! Not that it will undo the damage. Idiots.

oops

I am so appalled I do not know what to say.

On the bright side with the new road more people can come up and visit the... Oh, never mind.

I read that the new plans call for a perpetual tire fire and toxic waste dump.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Construction crew levels Mayan pyramid in Belize EDIT: 3200. I backwardz'd the nombres.

well, the title says 3,200 but then 2,300 in the body of the article, so who really knows, let's just go with "really old".

Jaime Awe, director of the Institute of Archaeology, said he was sickened by the destruction of the Noh Mul pyramid and temple platform, which date back about 2,300 years. He told 7newsbelize.com it was "intolerable."

Just... No.

Only...

They did.

How do you not recognize the significance of something like that? Or did someone know and just say "screw it, we're not getting paid to not turn it into road bed..."

ransom wrote: How do you not recognize the significance of something like that? Or did someone know and just say "screw it, we're not getting paid to not turn it into road bed..."

You know how there are primitive tribes in the Amazon who have no contact with the modern world-at-large?

They get in the way of forestry, so... some businesses have a shoot/shovel/shut-up policy regarding them.

Knurled wrote: some businesses have a shoot/shovel/shut-up policy regarding them.

I don't see anything in here that says that's wrong. What are you on about? Step onto this plastic sheet as you answer, won't you?

Knurled wrote:

ransom wrote: How do you not recognize the significance of something like that? Or did someone know and just say "screw it, we're not getting paid to not turn it into road bed..."

You know how there are primitive tribes in the Amazon who have no contact with the modern world-at-large? They get in the way of forestry, so... some businesses have a shoot/shovel/shut-up policy regarding them.

they build patios in the amazon?