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Tunnel found under temple in Mexico
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| May 30, 2011
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Posted on 05/31/2011 11:38:37 AM PDT by Red Badger
Researchers found a tunnel under the Temple of the Snake in the pre-Hispanic city of Teotihuacan, about 28 miles northeast of Mexico City.
The tunnel had apparently been sealed off around 1,800 years ago.
Researchers of Mexico's National University made the finding with a radar device. Closer study revealed a "representation of the underworld," in the words of archaeologist Sergio Gomez Chavez, of Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History.
Experts found "a route of symbols, whose conclusion appears to lie in the funeral chambers at the end of the tunnel."
The structure is 15 yards beneath the ground, and it runs eastwards. It is about 130 yards long.
"At the end, there are several chambers which could hold the remains of the rulers of that Mesoamerican civilization. If confirmed, it will be one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the 21st century on a global scale," Gomez Chavez said late Thursday.
Teotihuacan, with its huge pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, its palaces, temples, homes, workshops, markets and avenues, is the largest pre-Hispanic city in Mesoamerica. It reached its zenith in the years 300-600 AD.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Mexico; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: archaeology; ggg; godsgravesglyphs
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To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/31/2011 11:39:03 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven............)
To: Red Badger
To late...DON”T OPEN IT!!!!
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posted on
05/31/2011 11:40:24 AM PDT
by
mad_as_he$$
("If I ever kill you, you'll be awake. You'll be facing me, and you'll be armed. " Mal Reynolds)
To: Red Badger
To late...DON”T OPEN IT!!!!
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posted on
05/31/2011 11:40:33 AM PDT
by
mad_as_he$$
("If I ever kill you, you'll be awake. You'll be facing me, and you'll be armed. " Mal Reynolds)
To: mad_as_he$$
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posted on
05/31/2011 11:44:54 AM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: RightGeek
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posted on
05/31/2011 11:46:03 AM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: Red Badger
Why are they so sure it wasn’t dug by the Zetas?
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posted on
05/31/2011 11:49:29 AM PDT
by
Pecos
(Constitutionalist. Liberty and Honor will not die on my watch.)
To: RightGeek
Does it lead up to a bar that’s only open “From Dusk Until Dawn”?
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posted on
05/31/2011 11:49:57 AM PDT
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: Red Badger
Great news especially if it is undisturbed.
Will be watching for more news.
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posted on
05/31/2011 11:54:41 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: mad_as_he$$
I bet the Mexican archeologists will open the tombs on Dec. 21, 2012!
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posted on
05/31/2011 11:57:02 AM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
To: Red Badger
Not much information Badge,,,,,,,,, Hope there are some followups, cuz it’s a pretty interesting find!
To: mad_as_he$$
The Ruins............a good horror flick..............
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posted on
05/31/2011 12:02:52 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven............)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Das all dey was...................
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posted on
05/31/2011 12:04:57 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven............)
To: Red Badger
It originally ended in El Paso....drug tunnel...
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posted on
05/31/2011 12:05:43 PM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: Red Badger
It’s 130 yards long and 15 yards beneath the ground... hmm, I think I know where Red Badger is going to put all that zuchini!! (okay, that’s the last zuchini joke, really!)
To: Red Badger
Yeah. Not much! I read the comments too. Some were pretty “out there!”
To: Red Badger
Can hardly wait to open up that tunnel pit beneath the Temple of the Snake....not.
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posted on
05/31/2011 12:09:11 PM PDT
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: Cvengr
I wonder if it’s cursed?..................
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posted on
05/31/2011 12:12:11 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven............)
To: Red Badger
Maybe mexico should go back to those borders!
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posted on
05/31/2011 12:16:29 PM PDT
by
edcoil
(Democrats doing to America what Reagan did to russia. Driving it to bankrupcy.)
To: Red Badger
I suspect it isn’t ‘blessed’.
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posted on
05/31/2011 12:16:47 PM PDT
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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