Reconstruction of the burial of an adult located in the La Ventilla neighborhood. Photo: DMC/INAH/M. Marat.
Posted on 08/06/2010 6:23:01 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A long-sealed tunnel has been found under the ruins of this ancient city, and chambers that seem to branch off it may hold the tombs of some of the city's early rulers, archaeologists said Tuesday.
Experts say the social structure of Teotihuacan remains a mystery after nearly 100 years of exploration at the site, best known for the towering Pyramids of the Moon and the Sun.
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Reconstruction of the burial of an adult located in the La Ventilla neighborhood. Photo: DMC/INAH/M. Marat.
Ah, until they open everything up we can imagine that some of those tunnels lead to interstellar spacecraft!
Does it lead to Laredo?
Well, that *would* be nice...
Dinosaur-alien link unearthed
Unsurprisingly, tequila is involved in this tenuous connection
Aug 6, 2010 12:26 AM | By Mathew Du Plessis
http://www.timeslive.co.za/opinion/columnists/article589128.ece/Dinosaur-alien-link-unearthed
Beat me to it.
[Photo by bdebaca via Flickr] Mexican Archaeologists Discover Teotihuacan Tunnel By Kathryn Wilson -- An 1,800 year old tunnel and possible tombs were unearthed Tuesday. Imagine you're digging around the city of Des Moines, Iowa and you stumble upon a secret tunnel. What's more, is you think there are dead people in there. That's exactly what happened to archeologists in Teotihuacan, Mexico. Teotihuacan, which means "birthplace of the gods," was once an epicenter of Mexican culture. About 200,000 people, the population of modern-day Des Moines, lived there around 600 A.D. Teotihuacan is best known for the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon and the fact that the identities of those who ruled it remains a mystery. But with this recent discovery, archeologists are hoping to make that known. They think the tunnel belonged to a dynasty. "I think the tunnel was the central element, the main element around which the rest of the ceremonial center was built," archaeologist Sergio Gomez told the Associated Press. "This was the most sacred place." The roof of the tunnel lies 40 feet below the ground, and inside, Gomez and his associates found nearly 50,000 objects of jade, stone, shell and pottery, which makes them think there are tombs below (because valuables were tossed in there before it was sealed off). "People have looked for these rulers for many years," Luis Barba of the Anthropological Research Institute of Mexico's National Autonomous University said. "Perhaps they will be found now. There is nothing to rule it out or make it impossible, but at this point, we have nothing."
I was a walking there one day.
I had a Chihuahua that looked like that.
Don’t tell me - you spied a day laborer, wrapped in a leaf blower.
Actually, this could be pretty interesting.
So, they were not apparently built for ergonomic reasons? :’D Thanks FG!
Que tiero Teotihuacan!
:’D
I’m looking forward to updates on this!
My pleasure. Usually archaeological finds in the Americas are (to steal from the screenplay of Apollo 13) as exciting as a trip to Pittsburgh.
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