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> Every coincidence, strange or otherwise, is just a
> coincidence until it is proven to be otherwise.
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> Anthony
When you consider that many well respected Mesoamerican experts regard the equinox shadow & light descending snake effect nothing more that a coincidence or accident of placement, then try
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Anthony Wrote:
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> The steep staircase works in your favor, but these
> questions will have to be answered if we are going
> to be comfortable saying it was the intent of the
> builders to manufacture the chirp.
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> Anthony
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In the case of the Temple of the Warriors there are TWO distinct sounds, the bird lik
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Katherine Reece Wrote:
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> If you're quoting someone Wayne please cite who
> ... and source if available.
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> Kat
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It was a private message sent to someone else and then fowarded to me. Citing the the source could create problems for me.
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Anthony Wrote:
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> > In my experiance the "quetzal like" chirp
> echo is
> > the rule rather than the exception for most
> > reasonably sized Maya staircases. So if we
> can,
> > for th
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Katherine Reece Wrote:
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> I think y'all need to get some recordings
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> Kat
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That on the list!
The rattlesnake sound has been corroborated recently:
"I am a student at Northern Illinois University. I am working on a paper on the Pyramid of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza and am trying to find information con
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Katherine Reece Wrote:
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> Were you only there one day Wayne?
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> Kat
Just one day. The effect was repeatable, every clap returned the same echo.
Wayne
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Katherine Reece Wrote:
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> The others yes .. but I don't recall the snake bit
> ... isn't that new?
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> Kat
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> Owner/Head Moderator
> The Hall of Ma'at
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> Kat's Personal Site
This is the "world premere" for this sound.. Unfortunatly we were
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In the past various acoustical phenomena have been reported at Chichen Itza including:.
1) The Great ballcourt has long been considered a "whispering gallery .
2) Pyramid of Kukulkan (El Castillo) is noted for:
a) A chirped quetzal like echo in response to a handclap in front of the staircases
b) " an observer seated on the lowest step of the pyramid hear
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FYI 3/20/2005
"Join the Exploratorium crew and NASA scientists as we delve into the ancient knowledge of the Mayans who built solar alignments into their buildings"
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Acoustics at the Shrine of St. Werburgh:
Wayne Van Kirk
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Hi Jon,
An acoustical structure in Angkor. I don't think this is the same structure you describe ?
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Recording of Hall of Echos:
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