Ancient pyramid found in central Mexico City

Yahoo! ^ | Thursday, December 27, 2007 | Miguel Angel Gutierrez

[SunkenCiv]

Archeologists have discovered the ruins of an 800-year-old Aztec pyramid in the heart of the Mexican capital that could show the ancient city is at least a century older than previously thought. Mexican archeologists found the ruins, which are about 36 feet high, in the central Tlatelolco area, once a major religious and political center for the Aztec elite. Since the discovery of another pyramid at the site 15 years ago, historians have thought Tlatelolco was founded by the Aztecs in 1325, the same year as the twin city of Tenochtitlan nearby, the capital of the Aztec empire, which the Spanish razed in 1521 to found Mexico City, conquering the Aztecs... "We have found the stairs of this, much older pyramid. The (Aztec) timeline is going to need to be revised," archeologist Patricia Ledesma said at the site on Thursday... The archeologists also have detected a sculpture that could be of the Aztec rain god Tlaloc, or of the god of the sky and earth Tezcatlipoca... The Aztecs, a warlike and religious people who built monumental works and are credited with inventing chocolate, ruled an empire stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean and encompassing much of modern-day central Mexico.

[SunkenCiv]

Uh, the Aztecs are NOT credited with inventing (or discovering) chocolate. That was going on at least 3000 years ago.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Pharmboy.

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blam

Space dust to unlock Mexican pyramid secrets
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Posted on 03/18/2004 8:34:06 PM EST by vannrox
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1100810/posts

Cosmic Rays To Solve Ancient Mexican (Pyramid) Mystery
Scotsman | 2-21-2005 | John von Radowitz
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1348047/posts

Muons Meet Maya
Science News | 12-8-2007 | Betsy Mason
Posted on 12/08/2007 10:18:09 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1936809/posts

[coconutt2000]

Egypt called and said they want Mayan descendants to pay royalties on all the pyramids they built without permission or licensing agreements.

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[SunkenCiv]

:’D!!!

[NormsRevenge]

Zahi Hawass .. Good Luck!

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A general view shows the 'Plaza de las Tres Culturas', or the plaza of the three cultures, in the central Tlatelolco area of Mexico City December 27, 2007. Archeologists have discovered the ruins of the 800-year-old Aztec pyramid in the heart of the Mexican capital that could show the ancient city is at least a century older than previously thought. The pyramid, found last month as part of an investigation begun in August, could have been built in 1100 or 1200, signaling the Aztecs began to develop their civilization in the mountains of central Mexico earlier than believed. (Henry Romero/Reuters)

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A general view shows the 'Plaza de las Tres Culturas', or the plaza of the three cultures, in the central Tlatelolco area of Mexico City December 27, 2007. Archeologists have discovered the ruins of the 800-year-old Aztec pyramid in the heart of the Mexican capital that could show the ancient city is at least a century older than previously thought. The pyramid, found last month as part of an investigation begun in August, could have been built in 1100 or 1200, signaling the Aztecs began to develop their civilization in the mountains of central Mexico earlier than believed. (Henry Romero/Reuters)

[ValerieTexas]

LOL... Egypt called!
Just don’t type that in hieroglyphics or you’ll owe Egypt big time!

[Fred Nerks]

[ken21]

a technologically advanced civilization,

and humanitarian to the core,

the aztecs put a woman on the moon

in 1917, didn’t they?

/s

[Kevmo]

beat me to it, good post

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According to Intrade, the winner of the December 12th GOP debate was... Duncan Hunter.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938773/posts

Why the smart money is on Duncan Hunter
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926032/posts

In this poll Hunter is up 3% and even with Paul and Thompson.
http://www.wxyz.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=3481ef60-8195-46a9-af04-b87b907bcfdd

[SunkenCiv]

:’D Zowie himself will come slap the bracelets right on me. ;’)

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks, and LOL ken21.