Just how hard is it to misplace an entire civilization, really?
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...the Mayans were an incredibly advanced society believed to have the only complete written language in the pre-Columbian Americas. They were also renowned for their art, their architecture, and just being plain awesome. They were a brilliant, diverse civilization with more advancements than most other cultures in the world. And then, somehow, their entire civilization disappeared between the years 800 and 900 AD. There are some obvious theories as to what happened, including invading “explorers” wiping them out, famine, or maybe they just realized that since the end of the world was coming, they’d go ahead check out early.
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And contrary to the article, we do know where Troy is, thanks to Calvert & Schliemann--and it wasn't a civilization in itself. It was a small city on the now-Turkish coast.
The settlers just joined a local native community.