One of Belize’s largest Mayan pyramids was bulldozed
by a construction company. Even
conservative archeologists date the pyramid to be at least 2,300 years
old. You might be wondering what reason
they could have to destroy such ancient ceremonial center? They needed the crushed stone so that it
could be used as road fill.
The head of the Belize Institute of Archaeology,
Jaime Awe commented:
"It's a feeling of incredible disbelief because
of the ignorance and the insensitivity … they were using this for road
fill," Awe said. "It's like being punched in the stomach, it's just
so horrendous."
"Just to realise
that the ancient Maya acquired all this building material to erect these
buildings, using nothing more than stone tools and quarried the stone, and
carried this material on their heads, using tump lines," Awe said.
"To think that today we have modern equipment, that you can go and
excavate in a quarry anywhere, but that this company would completely disregard
that and completely destroyed this building. Why can't these people just go and
quarry somewhere that has no cultural significance? It's mind-boggling."Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/14/mayan-pyramid-bulldozed-road-construction
This is insane, these people are criminals. There are so many people who would have fought to protect this monument, including myself, but the surprise attack proved fatal for this ruin. So so sad, but still waiting for other details...
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I don't know detai. My human emotional response would prove highly dangerous for the buildings of that company, and the person in charge that purposed this to happen.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I don't know detai. My human emotional response would prove highly dangerous for the buildings of that company, and the person in charge that purposed this to happen.
ReplyDeleteExcuse me, but, are there NO laws in Belize to protect your heritage?
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Its really a sad news.
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