3 ms·
That wasn't a Mayan lost city, just another example of the culture of hype
- wyclif 10y agoPreviously on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11669996 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11669996
- gus_massa 10y agoThe articles about the city / no-city story had been submitted a lot of times. More than I dare to collect: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=maya&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=maya&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0... The good new, is that one of the no-city articles got overwhelming more votes in HN. More popular: "Quebec teen discovers ancient Mayan ruins by studying the stars" (yahoo.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11669996 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11669996 (29 points, 10 days ago, 11 comments) "Forgotten Mayan city 'discovered' in Central America by 15-year-old boy" (independent.co.uk) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11670503 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11670503 (24 points, 10 days, 4 comments) "Forgotten Mayan city: Is it just an old cornfield?" (independent.co.uk) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11681933 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11681933 (33 points, 8 days ago, 19 comments) "“Ancient Mayan city” discovered by teen may in fact be cannabis crop" (bbc.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11687774 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11687774 (115 points, 8 days ago, 46 comments)