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Liquid mercury under Mexican pyramid points to elusive royal tombs
Liquid mercury under Mexican pyramid points to elusive royal tombs
May 8, 2015
By david alire garcia
Above: A composite image showing the tunnel that archaeologists believe may lead to royal tombs underneath the Quetzalcoatl temple in the ancient city of Teotihuacan, Mexico. Image: Reuters
A Mexican archaeologist 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.
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,” says Gomez at the entrance to the tunnel below Teotihuacan’s Pyramid of the Plumed Serpent, about 50km northeast of Mexico City.
Some archeologists believe the toxic element could herald what would be the first ruler’s tomb ever found in Teotihuacan, a contemporary of several ancient Maya cities, but so shrouded in mystery that its inhabitants still have no name.
More:
http://www.star2.com/living/2015/05/08/liquid-mercury-under-mexican-pyramid-points-to-elusive-royal-tombs/