Ancient pyramid in Mexico collapses after heavy rain

FOX Weather ^ | August 14, 2024 | Angeli Gabriel

[SunkenCiv]

This summer, high temperatures and a drought created conditions that led to the collapse.

Heavy rain caused a part of a pyramid built more than 1,000 years ago to collapse in late July, according to Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History.

Located in the state of Michoacan in southern Mexico, the pyramid was part of a seat of power in a site known as Ihuatzio, the institute said.

This summer, high temperatures and a drought created conditions that led to the collapse, as they caused cracks to form in the pyramid. When the rain fell, water flowed into the cracks and compromised the pyramid’s structural integrity.

[SunkenCiv]

Ramiro Aguayo / INAH / FOX Weather

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks for the link!

[b4me]

kinda sad, but also made me laugh wondering if there was any sort of warranty on the workmanship and did the time limit just expire?

[Does so]

There’s talk of restoration...

[MayflowerMadam]

Bought their materials from China.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Larry Lucido]

Pyramid schemes always collapse

[Beowulf9]

The

[Beowulf9]

The Egyptians did it better.

[SunkenCiv]

The whole project was funded by arbitrage, using prepaid international postage coupons.

[SunkenCiv]

And James Bond.

[Larry Lucido]

Kruger Industrial smoothing does it again .

[MayflowerMadam]

That’s true. And facilitated by a Nigerian prince, of course.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Pyramid schemes always collapse

Bravo!

[Ezekiel]

I’m having difficulty locating which twin’s cookie crumbled. Was it the pyramid dedicated to Curicaueri, or to Xaratanga?

These details are important, yet many so-called reports have fixated on blaming the climate change boogeyman.

Maybe the gods of their tribes have spoken, saying, “It’s time to move past the stone age.”

[BlackbirdSST]

a pyramid built more than 1,000 years ago

That looks like a pretty good run for a building. Time destroys everything, eventually.

[norwaypinesavage]

Water always wins, sometimes it just takes a little longer.

[xp38]

True. Of the seven ancient wonders of the world only the Giza pyramids are still standing. They don’t have to worry about heavy rain like the central American ones do however and are much older than this one that looks like it partially collapsed. Pyramids are about the most stable structures one can have I think. That’s why they built the Transamerica building in SF in that shape.

[dfwgator]

What Goes Up?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCXL1ytil-w

[EvilCapitalist]

Nothing lasts forever. Even Sears went out of business after 100+ years.