Mysterious spheres found beneath the Temple of the Feathered Serpent

[Ichingcarpenter]

Hundreds of mysterious spheres lie beneath the Temple of the Feathered Serpent, an ancient six-level step pyramid just 30 miles from Mexico City.

The enigmatic spheres were found during an archaeological dig using a camera-equipped robot at one of the most important buildings in the pre-Hispanic city of Teotihuacan.

"They look like yellow spheres, but we do not know their meaning. It's an unprecedented discovery," said Jorge Zavala, an archaeologist at Mexico's National Anthropology and History Institute.


The Mesoamerican ruins of Teotihuacan, a World Heritage Site, represent one of the largest urban centers of the ancient world. Thought to have been established around 100 B.C., the pyramid-filled city had more than 100,000 inhabitants at its peak, but was abandoned for mysterious reasons around 700 A.D. -- long before the Aztecs arrived in the 1300s.

The excavation at the temple focused on a 330-foot-long tunnel which runs under the structure. The conduit was discovered in 2003 when heavy rain uncovered a hole a few feet from the pyramid.

http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/mysterious-spheres-emerge-from-ancient-temple-130429.htm




They're EGGS WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE!

[dipsydoodle]

1. It is a bit reminiscent of Alien

[Demeter]

4. the Horta Lives!

[Orrex]

6. NO KILL I!

[krispos42]

14. First thing I thought of

And of course I left my phaser in my other pants.

[Demeter]

15. Can you imagine a Second Amendment covering phasers?

My blood runs cold....

[krispos42]

16. I've pondered that.

If the power source can be made to blow up at the twist of a knob, then I doubt they would ever be legal as long as that was an issue.


But if the power source could be made safe, then I can envision a world where phasers are legal, but not able to achieve any power level over "heavy stun".

Think about it... the idea behind armed self-defense is that you can use force to stop a violent attacker, and if that force has to be lethal to achieve a rapid disability, then so be it.

But if a phaser blast can stun a person's nervous system into unconsciousness for a long period of time, reliably and immediately, then a phaser would not need to be able to kill in order to incapacitate.

So, legal phasers that have 3 power settings: light stun, medium stun, and heavy stun. No disruption, no disintegration. You get the range and rapid firepower of a firearm with the immediate disabling power of a taser. And nobody dies.

[Demeter]

18. Unless, like tasers, the device is misused or the target below average

No, military weapons belong in a military, with people who can be punished for misuse.

[cactusfractal]

20. One setting: heavy stun only

Civilians using such for personal defense should not be deciding under stress what setting would be appropriate and potentially underselecting. Worth stunning? Worth stunning hard. At least it's not "kill".

[nebenaube]

28. Can't wait to mug u wit one...

Just kidding... but the problem is apparent.

[nolabear]

25. My thought exactly. Watch out for Mother!

[BlueJazz]

7. LOL! ...that was my first thought.

[krispos42]

17. Chocolate? n/t

[BlueJazz]

24. Damn ..it IS Chocolate. Never notice it.

[leveymg]

27. Look at some contemporary Mexican Pyrite sculture - same idea

http://www.skullis.com/ProductImage/4801162/Pyrite-Snake,-Hand-Bones-and-Skull-02.jpg
http://www.skullis.com/ProductImage/4801162/Pyrite-Snake,-Hand-Bones-and-Skull-07.jpg

[newfie11]

2. Fascinating

Thanks for posting this

[Hekate]

3. I love archeology -- always have

Can hardly wait to read the book about this dig!

[BigD_95]

5. interesting stuff

[ewagner]

8. a sobering quote:

"... Thought to have been established around 100 B.C., the pyramid-filled city had more than 100,000 inhabitants at its peak, but was abandoned for mysterious reasons around 700 A.D. -- long before the Aztecs arrived in the 1300s. "

Sometimes we think that all civilization in this hemisphere started in "1492"...we forget there were some pretty advanced societies here long before the european influence arrived.

[eShirl]

10. Only because "we" have little to no interest in, or knowledge of, history, archeology & anthropology

[ewagner]

11. Guilty as charged....n/t

[Bluenorthwest]

13. I've been to this site. 30 years ago.

nt

[Jackpine Radical]

26. Well, all pyramid

schemes have to end at some point.

[Ready4Change]

31. Ouch.

Not sure which smilie to use regarding bad puns.

[riqster]

33. You're saying someone "Madoff" with the loot?

After have perpetrated a fraud "upon ze" investors?

[ehrnst]

32. In a movie, that line would have been uttered by the comic relief sidekick

Shortly before he disappears beneath a trap door.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

35. And evidence of very early Chinese exploration of our western states,

all documented in Chinese texts.

[Heywood J]

9. That headline sounds like such a euphemism...

[parkia00]

12. Obviously Spent Fuel Casings

for the alien mother-ship's reactor. Where have you folks been?

[firenewt]

19. Found among the spheres was the skeleton of a goose.......

[Cronus Protagonist]

21. Not a mystery to me

So that's how they transported heavy objects - set them on hundreds of spheres. Makes perfect sense. Move that heavy stone in all directions; no problem.

[Octafish]

22. A Peruvian doctor of my acquaintance said that was how the Inca earthquake-proofed back then...

...their pyramids farther to the South. Seismic waves could come from any direction and the ground would roll and shift, while the building above would remain largely even.

[OnyxCollie]

23. Moving Men furniture sliders are based on ancient alien technology!

[Myrina]

29. Khaleesi's missing dragon eggs!

(Game of Thrones reference)

[riqster]

34. "Security, we have a naked blonde woman with a team of pyros heading for the new site".

I mean, if she wants to hatch the things, that's what worked last time.

[Historic NY]

30. Just wait until the hatchlings show up.......