Pyramids, hieroglyphics and
Mayan Temple in the Great Basin Desert?
Driving through the desert will often turn up exciting and intriguing finds,
like when I stumbled upon what appeared to be an excavation site of some ancient
civilization.
Huge stone boulders and columns that appeared as pyramids lined
the entrance and were elevated above the large open compound. My imagination
began to run wild as I stood looking down from the dirt road. As with the
ancient Mayan's, were religious ceremonies once held along these platforms and
was the desert wind finally revealing its long buried secrets?
As
curiosity got the better of me, I left my truck and walked for a closer view.
That was when I saw a number of paintings on the 25 foot tall pyramid columns
that resembled hieroglyphics.
At this point I was becoming even more excited
about what I had discovered out in the middle of the desolate desert. Was I caught in a
time warp and standing somewhere between a Mayan Temple and an ancient Egyptian
town? Had this site been revealed through desert storms and by the Egyptian god
of the wind, "Seth”? With such dark red to orange sand, I could only imagine the
presence of Seth, lord of the red desert lingering nearby as I clicked my
shutter.
After checking GPS coordinates, I found this was actually the
site of what was considered a modern metropolis of around 1,000 citizens in the
early 1900's. The city of Ludwig was a large copper ore smelting operation that
had the modern convenience of electricity. Unfortunately, around 1914 copper
production began to decline and so went the town.
Tall concrete
pillars and some cement platforms that were used in the processing plant for the
copper ore are all that's left to remind us of a once thriving community.
How the
paintings were created on the pillars and by whom, is left to the imagination.
What
an exciting and interesting photo-adventure this day has been. I love
it when I am drawn to an area and not knowing what to expect I get
treated to new experiences.
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