THE ROADBUILDER K’awiil

What'sHerName

Dr. Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.8 • 538 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

1400 years ago, traveling through the Maya rainforest was terrifying and deadly (think snakes, jaguars, and crocodiles). Now, new LiDAR scans have revealed a network of elevated ancient roads so sophisticated, some folks give aliens the credit. But the truth is much more interesting! K’awiil, visionary ruler of Coba, one of the great cities of the Maya Golden Age, built the first roads in the Americas. But did she do it to conquer her neighbors, or to help them? Join Katie on location in Coba, Mexico, with our guest Ezequiel May. Want to learn more? Here's an informative article on K’awiil from the Yucatan Times, an authoritative article on the stelae at Coba, and an article on how the people of Coba built the road. Illustration of K'awiil created for us by artist Mera MacKendrick. Guest Ezequiel May lives in the community of Coba Quintana Roo Mexico. He was born in 1989 and has spent his entire life here in this beautiful town. He has been working as a tourist guide for 9 years. He feels it has been an honor to share the different archaeological investigations and the important dates that they have raised during their discovery. Music featured in this episode was provided by Dan Bodan, Amulets, Quincas Moriera, Joey Pecorano, and ELPHNT. Portrait of K'awiil by Mera Mackendrick. Want to help us “make history”? Become a Patron or Donate here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:04.9	Hi, Olivia. Hi, Katie. Question. All right. What is a road for? Oh. Um, a road driving on, but then I'm yelling at myself, what about the walking? What about the biking? Forote sidewalks are for walking. Okay. Unless you're in the country. A road is for travel. I had never really thought about this before until this episode,
1:31.0	and I got thinking about road building. But I also asked all of our followers on Instagram,
1:37.2	I got a whole bunch of delightful answers. Let me give you a sampling to To travel down. A journey.
1:45.3	To make driving from place to place easier.
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