By Miguel Angel Gutierrez

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -

The soaring Teotihuacan stone pyramids, now a major tourist site about
an hour outside Mexico City, were discovered by the ancient Aztecs
around 1500 AD, not long before the arrival of Spanish explorers to
Mexico.

But little is known about the civilization that built the immense
city, with its ceremonial architecture and geometric temples, and then
torched and abandoned it around 700 AD.

Archeologists are now revisiting a cave system that is buried 20 feet
beneath the towering Pyramid of the Sun and extends into a tunnel
stretching for some 295 feet (90 meters) with a height of 8 feet.

They say new excavations begun this month could be the key to
unlocking information about the sacred rituals of the people who
inhabited the city, later dubbed "The Place Where Men Become Gods" by
the Aztecs who believed it was a divine site.

"We think it had a ritual purpose. Offerings were placed at the very
end of the tunnel as part of the pyramid's construction process,"
Mexican archeologist Alejandro Sarabia told Reuters.

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsO...29318320080703

I heard that they found 700,000 stolen bicycles, 200,000 stolen hubcaps
form the 1960's, 2,000,000 Rodino style white cowboy hats, Diane
Feinstein's kneepads, and a basket of LA Raiders tee shirts.

On Jul 3, 11:08***am, Jose <pabl...***todito.com> wrote:
> By Miguel Angel Gutierrez
>
> MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -
>
> The soaring Teotihuacan stone pyramids, now a major tourist site about
> an hour outside Mexico City, were discovered by the ancient Aztecs
> around 1500 AD, not long before the arrival of Spanish explorers to
> Mexico.
>
> But little is known about the civilization that built the immense
> city, with its ceremonial architecture and geometric temples, and then
> torched and abandoned it around 700 AD.
>
> Archeologists are now revisiting a cave system that is buried 20 feet
> beneath the towering Pyramid of the Sun and extends into a tunnel
> stretching for some 295 feet (90 meters) with a height of 8 feet.
>
> They say new excavations begun this month could be the key to
> unlocking information about the sacred rituals of the people who
> inhabited the city, later dubbed "The Place Where Men Become Gods" by
> the Aztecs who believed it was a divine site.
>
> "We think it had a ritual purpose. Offerings were placed at the very
> end of the tunnel as part of the pyramid's construction process,"
> Mexican archeologist Alejandro Sarabia told Reuters.
>
> http://www.reuters.com/article/newsO...29318320080703

Thats very interesting.I really like historical stuff and all that.
I'll have to do some research on this and see if ican come up with
anything else pertaining to it.

On Jul 3, 2:25***pm, charles q <q.charles...***gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 3, 11:08***am, Jose <pabl...***todito.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > By Miguel Angel Gutierrez
>
> > MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -
>
> > The soaring Teotihuacan stone pyramids, now a major tourist site about
> > an hour outside Mexico City, were discovered by the ancient Aztecs
> > around 1500 AD, not long before the arrival of Spanish explorers to
> > Mexico.
>
> > But little is known about the civilization that built the immense
> > city, with its ceremonial architecture and geometric temples, and then
> > torched and abandoned it around 700 AD.
>
> > Archeologists are now revisiting a cave system that is buried 20 feet
> > beneath the towering Pyramid of the Sun and extends into a tunnel
> > stretching for some 295 feet (90 meters) with a height of 8 feet.
>
> > They say new excavations begun this month could be the key to
> > unlocking information about the sacred rituals of the people who
> > inhabited the city, later dubbed "The Place Where Men Become Gods" by
> > the Aztecs who believed it was a divine site.
>
> > "We think it had a ritual purpose. Offerings were placed at the very
> > end of the tunnel as part of the pyramid's construction process,"
> > Mexican archeologist Alejandro Sarabia told Reuters.
>
> >http://www.reuters.com/article/newsO...29318320080703
>
> Thats very interesting.I really like historical stuff and all that.
> I'll have to do some research on this and see if ican come up with
> anything else pertaining to it.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Good luck Charles.