Mysterious cave at Mexican pyramid
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Archaeologists are opening a cave sealed for more than 30 years deep beneath a Mexican pyramid to look for clues about the mysterious collapse of one of ancient civilization's largest cities.
The soaring Teotihuacan stone pyramids, now a major tourist site about an hour outside Mexico City, were discovered by the ancient Aztecs around 1500, not long before the arrival of Spanish explorers to Mexico.
But little is known about the civilization that built the immense city, with its ceremonial architecture and geometric temples, and then torched and abandoned it around the year 700.
Archaeologists are now revisiting a cave system that is buried 20 feet (6 meters) beneath the towering Pyramid of the Sun and extends into a tunnel stretching for 295 feet (90 meters) with a height of 8 feet (2.4 meters).
They say new excavations begun this month could be the key to unlocking information about the sacred rituals of the people who inhabited the city, later dubbed "The Place Where Men Become Gods" by the Aztecs, who believed it was a divine site.
The soaring Teotihuacan stone pyramids, now a major tourist site about an hour outside Mexico City, were discovered by the ancient Aztecs around 1500, not long before the arrival of Spanish explorers to Mexico.
But little is known about the civilization that built the immense city, with its ceremonial architecture and geometric temples, and then torched and abandoned it around the year 700.
Archaeologists are now revisiting a cave system that is buried 20 feet (6 meters) beneath the towering Pyramid of the Sun and extends into a tunnel stretching for 295 feet (90 meters) with a height of 8 feet (2.4 meters).
They say new excavations begun this month could be the key to unlocking information about the sacred rituals of the people who inhabited the city, later dubbed "The Place Where Men Become Gods" by the Aztecs, who believed it was a divine site.
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damush
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The Annunaki were there first and the Aztecs found it later. Now there's a cave yet to prove it. Unless it sets a change in Aztecian history, the writing will be on the wall. Somebody owes me 5 bucks!
- 3 years ago
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damush
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SilenceNoMore
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why didn't they look for it when it was open 30 years ago?
- 3 years ago
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SilenceNoMore
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marpunk
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This is going to be awesome, I can't wait to learn about more of the early Mexican cultures. I've always wondered how their intelligence and culture connected to the Egyptian's.
- 3 years ago
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marpunk
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SamuraiDave
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Can't wait to hear about their discoveries. I went there years ago. Fascinating place!
- 3 years ago
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SamuraiDave
