Archaeologists dismantled a Maya pyramid and never put it back together

A divided library, breakup syrup, and beach bunker mules. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. February 18, 2019 Permanent Excavation In order to discover how it was built, archaeologists deliberately dismantled a 100-foot-tall Maya pyramid in Guatemala but never put it back together. Read More → A Divided Library In the 1960s, a conflict between Dutch-speaking and French-speaking students at Belgium’s oldest university divided its historic library based not on language or subject matter, but largely on the books’ shelfmarks. Read more → Cricket Union India and Pakistan’s volatile relationship keeps their citizens apart. However, during a 1999 match between the two countries, cricket brought them together. Read more → Breakup Syrup In Alaska, one of the signs of the changing seasons is the appearance of buckets on birch trees. The buckets only begin to collect sap at the onset of “breakup,” the season that quickly sneaks in between winter and summer. Read more → Nazca, Peru Nazca Geoglyphs The Nazca Lines Observation Tower offers an alternative view of three geoglyphs, ancient line art in the Peruvian desert so large it typically can be seen only from the sky. Read more → Tübingen, Germany Pi-Chacán This giant statue of a vulva was relatively unknown until an American student got stuck in it. Read more → Blåvand, Denmark Beach Bunker Mules An unusual herd of mules made from decaying World War II fortifications guards Denmark’s Blåvand Beach. Read more → Food & Drink Root Beer Bread Pudding Pops, a roadside restaurant nestled along Route 66 in Oklahoma, goes the extra mile for this soda-based bread pudding. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222