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Tulum

What the Show Claims

  • A window in the Temple of the Descending God acts as a lighthouse and navigation beacon — alien guidance system for maritime travel
  • The 'Descending God' depicted throughout the site may represent an alien arriving from the sky
  • Tulum's coastal cliff location was chosen for alien observation of the Caribbean
  • Murals in the temples depict alien beings and otherworldly creatures

What Archaeology Says

Tulum was a late postclassic Maya city (c. 1200–1521 AD) and one of the last built before Spanish contact. The window in El Castillo does function as a navigation beacon — canoes could align with it to safely enter the reef passage. The 'Descending God' (possibly the bee god Muzen Cab or the diving sun god) appears throughout late Maya art. Spanish accounts describe Tulum as a flourishing city at the time of contact.

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