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Offerings Discovered at Base of Teotihuacan’s Pyramid of the Sun
History ^ | 12/14/11 | staff

Posted on 12/14/2011 4:54:02 PM PST by Winstons Julia

On Tuesday they revealed the discovery of a collection of treasures on a pile of rubble at the pyramid’s center. Thought to have been given as offerings to the gods, the items include pieces of obsidian, pottery, animal bones and three human figures; one of these, a delicately carved serpentine mask, is so lifelike that archaeologists believe it may have been a portrait. The trove’s position within the structure suggests it was placed there before construction began, INAH archaeologist Enrique Perez Cortes said in a statement.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs

1 posted on 12/14/2011 4:54:05 PM PST by Winstons Julia
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To: SunkenCiv

ping


2 posted on 12/14/2011 4:55:00 PM PST by Winstons Julia (Hello OWS? We don't need a revolution like China's; China needs a revolution like OURS.)
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To: Winstons Julia

Three fingers?
I guess they needed a hand from the gods.......


3 posted on 12/14/2011 5:07:03 PM PST by Red Badger (Every child should have a meadow to play in..............)
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To: Winstons Julia
Thanks for posting.

I remember climbing those steps well.

4 posted on 12/14/2011 5:08:44 PM PST by newzjunkey (Republicans will find a way to reelect Obama and Speaker Pelosi.)
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To: Winstons Julia; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...

 GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother & Ernest_at_the_Beach
Thanks Winstons Julia.

To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.


5 posted on 12/14/2011 5:37:33 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Merry Christmas, Happy New Year! May 2013 be even Happier!)
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To: Red Badger
fingers?

figures

6 posted on 12/14/2011 6:05:19 PM PST by terycarl (lurking, but well informed)
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To: Winstons Julia; SunkenCiv

Why would anyone put offerings, presumably with some religious connotation, on a pile of rubble?

Hard to fathom the ancient’s minds.


7 posted on 12/14/2011 6:09:15 PM PST by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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To: wildbill

I think they did it so that someday you would type that comment.


8 posted on 12/14/2011 6:22:25 PM PST by Winstons Julia (Hello OWS? We don't need a revolution like China's; China needs a revolution like OURS.)
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To: wildbill

We put mementos in cornerstones of public buildings. Some day they will be found and considered to be religious offerings...


9 posted on 12/14/2011 7:45:24 PM PST by null and void (Day 1058 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
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To: wildbill

That pile of trash was a shinning temple. Think of buildings on buildings, on buildings.


10 posted on 12/14/2011 7:52:22 PM PST by Domangart
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11 posted on 12/14/2011 8:22:15 PM PST by pabianice (")
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12 posted on 12/14/2011 8:32:03 PM PST by Red Badger (Every child should have a meadow to play in..............)
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13 posted on 12/14/2011 8:33:07 PM PST by Red Badger (Every child should have a meadow to play in..............)
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To: newzjunkey

“I remember climbing those steps well.”
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Same here. That was 30 years ago and I was young and in good shape. Two hundred tall, stone steps all the way to the top in thin (high altitude)air without pausing. It was not too bad going up, but coming down, my legs were shaking like Jello.


14 posted on 12/14/2011 9:16:53 PM PST by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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