Ancient Pyramid Discovered in Mexico

Associated Press ^ | 2 hours, 7 minutes ago | MARK STEVENSON,

[BenLurkin]

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[satchmodog9]

I saw a show on Discovery last year that showed a Mexican pyramid that was absolutely massive. They had just discovered it. It appeared to be the size of a small city. Definitely some cool stuff. Maybe they should put their own people to work excavating their own history.

[sit-rep]

(chuckle)...

[battlegearboat]

Was that a chipolte chuckle?

[NormsRevenge]

This was a 'baby' one.. ;-)

Measuring 150 yards on each of its four sides, the 18-yard tall pyramid was carved out on a natural hillside around 500 A.D..

[blam]

Good find. Thanks for the ping.

[blam]

"I saw a show on Discovery last year that showed a Mexican pyramid that was absolutely massive. They had just discovered it. It appeared to be the size of a small city. Definitely some cool stuff. Maybe they should put their own people to work excavating their own history."

I think you're talking about Caral. That's the second oldest pyramid ever found and the oldest in the Americas. The oldest pyramid is in Greece.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

[satchmodog9]

as early as 2627 B.C. and until about 2000 B.C., even before ceramics and maize were introduced to the region. (By comparison, the Great Pyramid of Khufu in Egypt was built between 2600 and 2480 B.C.)

While semi true, the Great pyramid was not even close to being the first built in Egypt.

[norton]

"Mexico abounds with cases in which Spanish conquerors literally built their Catholic faith atop the remains of older religions."

I'd think that comment applied to most of the populated earth...
Either because of some natural feature of the area or because faith #2 wanted everyone to know it had overcome faith #1.

[Thombo2]

Maybe they should put their own people to work excavating their own history."They leave that to the silly gringos:)

[AFreeBird]

Maybe they should put their own people to work excavating their own history.

Can't - they're all heading north to illegally enter the US and wave mexican flags around.

So who does mexico import to do the work mexicans won't do?

[Graymatter]

"The majority of the people now feel happy and proud, and have helped out a lot" in protecting the relics, Sanchez said...The people of Iztapalapa — now a low-income neighborhood plagued by squatter settlements

Quick, somebody sell these goofs a bridge in Brooklyn!

[righttackle44]

"Ancient Pyramid Discovered in Mexico"

Thank you. We couldn't remember WHERE
we left that darned thing.

[flada]

I think I saw that one, too. You could hardly tell it was a pyramid due to all of the overgrowth.

[wyattearp]

So who does mexico import to do the work mexicans won't do?

Thanks. I've been wanting a new tagline, and that just gave me an idea. Hope you don't mind.

[FreedomFarmer]

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[Jaded]

Interesting. This article has more slant than the side of the pyramid.