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- fungistratus, on 12/03/2008, -22/+329Amazing that we are still discovering these things. Reminds me of that video of the tribal people who tried to throw spears at a helicopter flying over them, untouched by the outside world.
- TheJimid, on 12/04/2008, -11/+221Actually the Nazis cleared this place out while they were chasing Indy.
- ZincSaucier, on 12/04/2008, -1/+153that's not true either. the news exagerated the story after the photographer told them he had flown over a known tribe which was not connected to any outside society. the actual scientists involved made sure everything was straightened out by publicly pointing out that the article was exaggerated. obviously the many news sites and channels chose not to admit responsibility and referred to it as a hoax.
oh and non of them threw any spears - groo68, on 12/04/2008, -0/+132There were no soviets in Indiana Jones. It's a perfect untouched trilogy.
- dilibau, on 12/04/2008, -28/+125that was hoax, the "alleged" photographer admitted it later, he just wanted publicity
- Frankyfan3, on 12/04/2008, -2/+81So... unfettered illegal logging has it's silver linings, huh?
- ChronicColonic, on 12/04/2008, -0/+76That is only true if you set your browser to accept cookies.
- Chomprel, on 12/04/2008, -1/+66It's because the Spanish had exposure to lots of other civilizations. Nothing breeds human diseases like other humans. The more and various human civilizations you have come into contact with, the more diseases (and antibodies) you (as a culture) develop. So...Im sure that some spanish were affected by a few rare diseases that the Peruvians had since become immune to, but most could fight them off. On the other hand, the Peruvians were exposed to hundreds of diseases that the Spaniards had since built immunities to (including some particularly nasty ones like smallpox, etc) that they couldn't fight off.
Remember that when smallpox (or any other "big" disease) first attacks a new culture that has a hard time fighting it, it decimates them. If the population of that culture is small enough, then not enough people will survive to continue the civilization. - skimojo, on 12/03/2008, -13/+78Damn, Elvis must be hiding in the OTHER lost city of the cloud people...
- deceth, on 12/04/2008, -3/+66Let me get this straight. I have to pay for new roofing every 20 years, but that little huts thatched roof is still going strong?
- pe5t1lence, on 12/04/2008, -2/+65Oh god... they raped him. They raped him and I didn't do anything!
- abhorred, on 12/04/2008, -0/+41reading comprehension check - thatch photo caption text - village CLOSE to the area where the lost city was found
- yuanzhoulu, on 12/04/2008, -3/+43people should go back to that tribe, wear shields to block all their attack attempts, and when they have no ammo left, get them cornered, then, do nothing physically harmful, drop all shields, mass-tickle them, and then leave. i think it'd be really funny.
- yongfook, on 12/04/2008, -2/+41first person to find it on google maps gets a cookie.
- dgendreau, on 12/04/2008, -1/+39wishninja, You need to read the book "Guns, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond. It covers this subject in detail.
Chomprel, My understanding is that the primary reason the Europeans carried lots of diseases was that their culture made heavy use of domesticated animals. The majority of nasty human diseases result from crossing the species barrier (think HIV, bird flu or the bubonic plague) from animals to humans. For that to take place you need a lot of humans in close proximity to a lot of animals.
Native Americans on the other hand had very few domesticated animals. Its one thing to live in the forest and eat wild animals, its another thing to live 24/7 around live stock. - Kornstalx, on 12/04/2008, -1/+38Discovery?
Lara Croft found this ***** years ago... - AstroZombie138, on 12/04/2008, -1/+36I remember learning a great deal about this culture when I was in school. The people of the clouds were very prosperous and took a lot of pride in their culture and city. They were however critically impacted by an unfortunate series of events when a group of wanted individuals attempted to take refuge there.
These wanted individuals were fiercely hunted by the loyalists, and were eventually tracked to the cloud people. In an effort to preserve their culture, the cloud people's leader Chief Lando did the unthinkable and betrayed his new friends by turning them over. - malanic, on 12/04/2008, -11/+46Surely that thatched roof couldn't have remained untended since the sixteenth century? Especially considering the state of the ruins around it.
- TyrannousDotNet, on 12/04/2008, -1/+35Stop trying to touch them.
- dcguy, on 12/04/2008, -0/+34This has GOT to be a part of the Dharma initiative.
- viciouspictures, on 12/04/2008, -0/+29It wasn't a fake photo, but it wasn't a true story either. The tribe had been observed prior to the helicopter fly-over, so that picture we saw of them wasn't the first documentation. The tribe itself was real though.
- wishninja, on 12/04/2008, -2/+30Every time I read about one of these folks killed off by disease I have to wonder why didn't these people have big diseases that killed the Spanish off? I mean they live in a rain forest you would think it would be the breeding grounds for all kinds of nasty bugs.
- rogue780, on 12/04/2008, -2/+30ZincSaucier: Dugg for using "facts"
- cme884, on 12/04/2008, -11/+37You mean the Soviets?
- RobotBuddha, on 12/04/2008, -1/+22The media taking scientists quotes out of context, and deliberately misleading the public on science matters under an assumption that nobody ever follows up on these matters? I find this hard to believe!
Cue sarcasm detector overload.
I've heard reporters defend that kind of behavior, and it's amazingly depressing. Science is one of the most important things to keeping our culture afloat, and it's constantly treated like trash. - Macgyrl64, on 12/04/2008, -0/+19Finally a Star Wars reference!!
- ZincSaucier, on 12/04/2008, -6/+25you guys didn't know about that?
- AZExile, on 12/04/2008, -1/+20The mormons, actually.
- AtomicTheory, on 12/04/2008, -1/+19Was the helicopter untouched by the outside world?
- dgendreau, on 12/04/2008, -1/+18Here is a good summary of the book I mentioned:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns,_Germs,_and_Stee ... - jaksu, on 12/04/2008, -1/+17no one
- TyrannousDotNet, on 12/04/2008, -2/+18how many cities did we lose in the first place?
- peersu, on 12/04/2008, -6/+21Watch out for the killer guinea pigs; ITS A TRAP!
- vat0r, on 12/04/2008, -1/+14It's pretty amazing to think there was a white race deep in the amazon centuries ago. I would love to know more about their history and culture. Finds like this have the potential to change the way we see the world and the history that has shaped our reality.
- jdsmx, on 12/04/2008, -0/+13Are you talking about the tribe in Brazil?
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/05/uncontact ... - DuffyDirect, on 12/04/2008, -0/+13It's worth 15,000 gold pieces! Now go rescue your long lost uncle or marry a governor's daughter to get another lost city map.
- LeviTheSmith, on 12/04/2008, -0/+12Not BS: http://i36.tinypic.com/sux5j5.jpg
- groo68, on 12/04/2008, -2/+14They were just really advanced. as you can see on the far right side of the picture they knew how to build metal guard rails for stairs.
- DubiousDrewski, on 12/04/2008, -0/+11Sounds like a prank the japanese would pull off.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo1R17Gq6dg
EDIT: Oh *****, I just saw your name now. Hilarious. - Tiggums, on 12/04/2008, -0/+11waldo....
- kz13, on 12/04/2008, -0/+10Funny, the baby mummy was what really stuck out to me.
- ClubKnowledge, on 12/04/2008, -3/+13If we missed this on satellite, what else have we missed?
- Rudegar, on 12/04/2008, -0/+10only grey items
and the mobs were too low lvl to give xp :S - shepstl, on 02/11/2009, -0/+10actually, not much about their culture from before they were conquered by the inca is known and what little information there is was based on second hand accounts and analysis of pottery, tombs, and other artifacts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chachapoyas_culture
- CrushThemTorg, on 12/04/2008, -0/+10 He was making a joke about the misplaced modifier.
- inactive, on 12/04/2008, -2/+12Hey! I just misplaced a city a few minutes ago. Is it filled with pyramid thingies and covered in vines? THATS MINE!!!
- SEANWOOKIE, on 12/04/2008, -0/+10and Carmen Sandiago
- Sloi, on 12/04/2008, -3/+13http://www.instantrimshot.com
- rollerboy, on 12/04/2008, -0/+10Did they find any cool loot?
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