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Ancient Inhabitants of Teotihuacan May Have Left Clues Explaining Their Mysterious Disappearance
The Debrief ^ | October 7, 2025 | Christopher Plain

Posted on 10/07/2025 1:51:02 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

A new analysis of artwork left behind by the enigmatic inhabitants of the abandoned Mesoamerican city Teotihuacan suggests the colorful pictures and shapes may constitute a rudimentary language that ultimately evolved into the language of the Aztecs.

If the team of researchers behind the discovery can successfully decipher the "lost language," they believe it could offer clues about the identity of Teotihuacan's builders and the reasons they abandoned the once thriving metropolis...

Previous excavations and decades of research have determined that Teotihuacan was founded sometime around 100 AD. Researchers have also determined that the massive complex of buildings and roadways likely supported as many as 125,000 citizens during its peak. However, scientists and archaeologists haven't found a conclusive explanation for their disappearance around 600 AD...

According to a statement announcing their findings, the team began to see a pattern that indicated the artworks on the walls of the structure and other artefacts likely represented a "linguistic ancestor of the Cora and Huichol languages" as well as Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs...

In the study's conclusion, the team stated that their findings also seem to indicate that people who spoke a predecessor of the Nahuatl language arrived in the area much earlier than previously believed...

The researchers suggest more work is needed to paint a clearer picture of the language they have discovered. They also say that understanding this language could be the key to unraveling the mysterious disappearance of the people who built the magnificent city of Teotihuacan almost 2,000 years ago.

The study "The Language of Teotihuacan Writing" was published in Current Anthropology.

(Excerpt) Read more at thedebrief.org ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: aztecs; christopherplain; cora; croatan; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; huichol; mesoamerica; nahuatl; precolumbian; teotihuacan

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To: frank ballenger

In this vale of toil and sin
Your pate goes bald but not your chin

Burma Shave!


21 posted on 10/07/2025 2:50:17 PM PDT by RossA
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To: xp38

It was a note that said, “so long, and thanks for all the fish”


22 posted on 10/07/2025 2:51:02 PM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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To: RightOnTheBorder

Given the Azttec came later. The Aztecs probably sacrificed and ate them!


23 posted on 10/07/2025 2:54:36 PM PDT by Reily
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To: RossA

Ha.

Dr. Wayne W. Dyer used to ask “Why do men like me lose all our hair on our heads but at the same time we have increased nose hairs and ear hair?”


24 posted on 10/07/2025 2:56:23 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Frank Drebin

Ha.

Those crafty ancients were so far ahead of us today.


25 posted on 10/07/2025 2:57:35 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: ConservativeMind

They had everyone do the Charleston while they died.


26 posted on 10/07/2025 3:02:32 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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27 posted on 10/07/2025 3:08:12 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Hypothesis that the inhabitants were one of the originating “Drink The Kool-aid” cults?


28 posted on 10/07/2025 3:15:53 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Famine, disease, conquerers, disastrous weather, or any combination of those would wipe out a civilization quickly enough.


29 posted on 10/07/2025 3:49:00 PM PDT by skr (1 Peter 1:15 - But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation)
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To: SunkenCiv
The worst year in history (according to some) was 536 AD.

Think that might have had something to do with it?

As a general rule a civilization can survive three years of bad harvests. Any more and things fall apart.

30 posted on 10/07/2025 3:55:14 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (It's like somebody just put the Constitution up on a wall …. and shot the First Amendment -Mike Rowe)
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To: SunkenCiv
My first three guesses...

(1) Drought

(2) Epidemic

(3) Psychopathic leadership, backed up by a psychopathic army, like Pol Pot in Cambodia

31 posted on 10/07/2025 4:02:07 PM PDT by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)
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To: SunkenCiv

It says they’ve moved to a secret underground chamber on Oak Island.


32 posted on 10/07/2025 4:25:33 PM PDT by _longranger81
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To: _longranger81

I had some tea ot Tihuacan, years ago.


33 posted on 10/07/2025 4:35:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Hold my tequila and watch this!


34 posted on 10/07/2025 4:42:09 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: SunkenCiv

“Ancient Inhabitants of Teotihuacan May Have Left Clues Explaining Their Mysterious Disappearance.”

“ Gone to Texas.”


35 posted on 10/07/2025 4:49:40 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: SunkenCiv

Your cart’s warranty is about to expire..................


36 posted on 10/08/2025 5:26:25 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: frank ballenger

Thanks
It’s in cursive so I couldn’t read it.


37 posted on 10/08/2025 7:14:31 AM PDT by gnickgnack2 ( Oh, Trumpy days are here again....)
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To: SunkenCiv
"suggests the colorful pictures and shapes may constitute a rudimentary language that ultimately evolved into the language of the Aztecs."

The 600 year gap between the end of Teotihuacan and the arrival of the Aztecs in Mexico makes this a bit of a stretch.

38 posted on 10/08/2025 7:25:06 AM PDT by Flag_This (They're lying.)
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To: Flag_This

Not at all, that’s not much of a gap. The hypothesis can only be confirmed or not when the writing is cracked, which probably will happen quickly, now that there’s a depth in the field of study of Mesoamerican writing.

Also, by “rudimentary language” the writer of the story should have said “rudimentary writing system”. Obviously they had language.


39 posted on 10/08/2025 7:37:59 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: SunkenCiv

40 posted on 10/08/2025 7:59:37 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too. 😁 " - Robert Conquest )
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