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The remains of a mid-16th century church known as the Temple of Santiago is visible from the surface of the Grijalva River, near the town of Nueva Quechula, in Chiapas state, Mexico, Oct. 16, 2015.
(AP Photo/David von Blohn)
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NEWSER) – Huh, this wasn't there last year—a 16th-century church emerging from the waters of a Mexican reservoir. But it actually makes sense, because drought is causing the water level to fall 82 feet in the Nezahualcoyotl reservoir, revealing a church that was flooded during construction of a dam nearly 40 years ago, the AP reports. Known as the Temple of Santiago, the building is about half-way visible in the watershed to the Grijalva river. In fact, the water level got so low in 2002 that people could actually walk inside: "The people celebrated. They came to eat, to hang out, to do business. I sold them fried fish," says a fisherman who's now offering Temple of Santiago boat tours. "They did processions around the church."
The church harks back to colonial times, when the Spanish friar Bartolome de las Casas showed up with a group of monks who built the Temple of Santiago, the Independent reports. Las Casas, the first Bishop of Chiapas, initially believed in subjugating the native people, but later argued for abolishing slavery and helped persuade King Charles of Spain to grant the natives their freedom, reports Latin American History. But when conquistadors and settlers revolted, Charles reversed much of the new legislation. As for the church, it "was abandoned due the big plagues of 1773-1776," an architect says. Re-discovered in the 20th century, he says, it contained "a large ossuary of the victims of the plague that depopulated the area."
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iq145 • 9 hours ago
That's two amazing re-discoveries http://www.newser.com/story/21...
By the way, that's some funny irony... Bartolome de las Casas = Bartolome Houses :-)
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Glimmer_of_Hope • 9 hours ago
the power of Christ compels you...to take the tour!
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iobamaislost • 12 hours ago
I think it all started when the Virgin Mary showed up with the Holy Grail.
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Laird • 12 hours ago
Of course it's Mexico but here in the US they would have stopped the dam building because of the history. But, then, in Egypt the Aswan high dam covered over a whole bunch of Egyptian antiquities. Power or water supply trumps history.
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Scott603 Laird • 9 hours ago
Between 1930 and 1940 Massachusetts dis-incorporated 4 towns, a highway and a railroad line to create the Quabbin Reservoir which supplies the water to Boston 65 miles to the east.
As part of the project they tore down 100 year old factories, historic churches, cemeteries, Indian sites that had been there hundreds of years, etc.
http://video.wgby.org/video/23...
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U8B8 Scott603 • 7 hours ago
I went swimming in the Quabbin...in April...froze nuts
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FarmerM • 13 hours ago
Sounded like a better saint than Father Serra....
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AEK • 13 hours ago
So many interesting old buildings disappeared when dams were constructed. The only upside to droughts is the fact that they let some of us see these places.
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JoeQ • 13 hours ago
we specialize in baptism
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The Watcher • 14 hours ago
They really built things to last back then.
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theiFyoU • 14 hours ago
Yet another miracle. Not a big as 2002, but miraculous anyway!
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BeSound • 14 hours ago
Say what you want about Newser, but one thing they do well is, highlighting historical/archeological articles that usually go unnoticed by other outlets.
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jgmann BeSound • 8 hours ago
They do a good job digging those up....
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finkster • 15 hours ago
It's a sign from God!
No, it's a sign of drought.
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