Posted on 04/25/2015 12:33:02 PM PDT by Beowulf9
MessageToEagle.com - A Mexican archeologist hunting for a royal tomb in a deep, dark tunnel beneath a towering pre-Aztec pyramid has made a discovery that may have brought him a step closer: liquid mercury,' according to Reuters' report.
In the bowels of Teotihuacan, a mysterious ancient city that was once the largest in the Americas, Sergio Gomez this month found "large quantities" of the silvery metal in a chamber at the end of a sacred tunnel sealed for nearly 1,800 years.
"It's something that completely surprised us," Gomez said at the entrance to the tunnel below Teotihuacan's Pyramid of the Plumed Serpent, about 30 miles (50 km) northeast of Mexico City.
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Yeah, the Aztecs knew nothing about the origin of Teotehuacan.
They'd take that mercury....
And cruise it up & down the road. :-P
:-)
Yup. That was a surprise to just about everyone...it's tough going up those steep pyramids. I and most stopped and 'rested' on the way up.
We used to play with old mercury when I was a kid too. Don’t remember actually touching it, though. Even though the quantity was small, there was just something fascinating about it. Interesting that the fascination has spanned time and cultures.
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