Plunder - Guatemala

January 1990
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The Mayans were the most civilised people of ancient America. Yet their most famous mystery still remains. As treasure hunters desecrate the ruins of ancient Mayan sites, the race is on to find out why the Mayans deserted their cities thousands of years ago.

In the jungles of northern Guatemala a war is raging. On one side are the archaeologists and governments who aim to preserve the history of ancient temples, and on the other side are the grave robbers and art dealers, who profit from its destruction.

Some looters find an ancient Mayan temple, unknown and unmapped. And as they break it apart brick-by-brick, the history of the people who once lived there is lost forever. Though profitable, looting is a dangerous job and skulls tied to tree trunks in this area act as a warning.

For archaeologists, the blame lies with the dealers and art collectors. In New York auction houses, Mayan history can fetch a million dollars and looters can get a years wages from a single vase. As one man explains, Serious collecting is a disease. But the collectors love is greater than the archaeologists, who only care for history not for the object.

The dealers insist that they are rescuing the works of art. If Peru cannot take care of its national treasures, the rest of the world will. As this battle between art collectors and historians persists, the jungle and its secrets continue to disappear before our very eyes.

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[Zot64]

And our desacration of the American Indian is any different how?

[TheSnotrag2009]

wow. maybe u might need a magnifying glass and thats my u havent found one yet

[TheSnotrag2009]

i on a herd of cows and i bottle their ass gas. milk is just a waste product

[pepsi1649]

thanx, but I'm a girl! ;)

[videodude088]

@pepsi1649 u will be a great man one day! farts and turds are big business! a human can produce at least .5l of farts and 2pounds of turd a day, a very profitable resource. this is the reason fema wants to enslave us, so they can milk our excrements.

[pepsi1649]

I farted in a paper bag once and gave it to my Dad & asked him to smell it. He was so mad when he found out I had farted in the bag! ;)

[videodude088]

@TheSnotrag2009 im quite an avid turd collector myself. ive travelled thru the congo for months in search of the golden pygmy turd.

[videodude088]

@TheSnotrag2009 as will our farts. which are a great source of energy. save ur farts and they will make u a wealthy man one day. when a fart is worth the lives of 1000s.

[denisasitis]

@BottleCapsound You do have a gift with words. Did you do as well in history as you did in English class?