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Kinda sad: pyramid destroyed for gravel

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/14/world/...html?hpt=hp_t2

Ancient Mayan pyramid destroyed for road fill

Quote:

A Mayan pyramid that has stood for 2,300 years in Belize has been reduced to rubble, apparently to make fill for roads.

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The limestone is quality material used to upgrade local roads, and it's prized by contractors, local opposition legislator John Briceno said.

"The Mayas use good material to build their temples, and these temples are close to (the village of) Douglas so that means that they have to use less diesel, less wear and tear; they can do more trips per day, and at the end of the day they can make more money," CTV3 quotes Briceno as saying.

Kinda hard to justify destroying a 2000 year old pyramid just to make road filler. :nope:

Shocking...once gone never to return :nope:

If the government in Belize wants to prevent this from happening in the future, they should make an example of that construction company or landowner.

Makes you wonder what else has disappeared over the millenia. :cry:

It was there for 2003 years.... the people responsible should be fined $2003,000,000,000.

I saw this on the news. It made me very sad; I didn't even want to hear the details. Very depressing.

Humans strike again, once more... :nope: