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The real cover up is that modern white people build these monuments in the last 200 years.

This is going to offend Mexicans. Sorry for being politically incorrect.

>be me
>visit Chichén Itzá, ancient Mayan city of mystery and tourism revenue
>think I’m looking at history
>turns out I’m actually looking at Mexican government’s LEGO set
>not a restoration
>a full-on reconstruction
>British archaeologist throws in some “creative liberties”
>Mexico sees $$$ and says “yeah let’s roll with that”
>Carnegie Institute originally just wanted to study the ruins
>too bad - most of the original stones were already looted
>so they go “okay let’s just rebuild it from scratch”
>temples, ball courts, everything got the theme park treatment
>make it more “interesting” for tourists
>shadow serpent during equinox probably a marketing stunt
>people actually believe it’s some mystical Mayan magic
>create a story, tourists come
>realize the whole site might be historically inaccurate fan fiction
>current archaeologists probably have no clue what the place was even for
>ancient history.exe fabricated for tourist pesos

Source: https://bowtiedpassport.io/p/chichen-itza-sacred-pyramids-or-fake