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Summary

A German tourist was arrested and attacked after climbing the Temple of Kukulcan at Chichen Itza, Mexico, during the spring equinox.

Video footage shows locals shouting insults and physically confronting the man as National Guard personnel detained him.

The temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, is off-limits to climbers due to preservation laws and safety concerns.

Violators face fines up to $16,000 and possible prison time.

The incident occurred amid a crowd of 8,000–9,000 visitors.

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I guess I'm glad my parents took me in the late 80's/early 90's when you were still allowed to climb it.

I keep meaning to get my mom to dig out the photos we took from the top.

[-] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I went in the late 70s and was even allowed to pick up antique shards (and take them with me all the way back to Germany .... oh wait

[-] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Punks jump up to get beat down. Or I guess climb up to get beat down in this case.

[-] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

If this isn’t the first Brand Nubian joke on Lemmy, I’ll be shocked. It might be the first for the whole Fediverse.

[-] HerrVorragend@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Would bet 5€ that the idiot is some kind of 'travel influencer' or something similar.

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Its just like strippers. You can see, but never touch or you'll regert it for your next tattoo. No regerts!

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[-] doug@lemmy.today 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I’ve seen this movie. Don’t the plants kill them?

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Wow, they made the temple in Forza Horizon 5 a real thing! How did the tourist get around the invisible walls though?

/s

E: fun fact actually, in the game it isn't covered by an invisible cube, but rather a pyramid shape that starts at the X and Y of the temple corners but is about 1.5x the height of the temple. Strangely enough, other temples do use a cube/rectangle barrier that far exceeds the height of the asset it is protecting (mostly structures at Ek' Balam). This suggests that this temple was unique and handled seperately, but the lower protection is really strange. Maybe just an oversight, maybe a requirement from Mexico officials, worried that the usual system wasn't enough to keep players from messing with it - which, amusingly, allowed players to get above it, but other structures are immune.

[-] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago
[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 week ago

You got to wonder how much damage that thing gets just being constantly exposed to the weather

Normally ruins like that have jungle right up to the edges or its partially buried.

At any point would it be worth trying to put some sort of protective coating on it like a type of historically accurate stucco to recreate what it looked like in the past?

[-] Muyal@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Stucco is much more fragile and degrades rather quickly.

That's why it usually hasn't survived in these monuments and why it usually isn't restored, it would cost way too much on maintenance.

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