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Ed Barnhart

Archaeologist & Maya Expert

Ed Barnhart appears on the Lex Fridman Podcast across geopolitics, history, mathematics. Lex describes Ed Barnhart as archaeologist & maya expert.

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Lex Fridman Podcast / September 30, 2024 / Episode #446

Ed Barnhart: Maya, Aztec, Inca, and Lost Civilizations of South America

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Ed Barnhart is an archaeologist and explorer specializing in ancient civilizations of the Americas. He is the Director of the Maya Exploration Center, host of the ArchaeoEd Podcast, and lecturer on the ancient history of North, Central, and South America. Ed is in part known for his groundbreaking work on ancient astronomy, mathematics, and calendar systems. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep446-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc.

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For the vast majority of human existence, we've been nomadic and we've done these wider or tighter nomadic circles, depending on the geographic region, but they'd move. So once humans figured out how to stay in a place, that's the initial trigger to what would become civilization. I think you said beauty and blood went hand in hand for the Aztec.

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