TEOTIHUACAN, Mexico· Archeologists digging at Mexico's famed Pyramid of the Moon think they could be a few feet away from a royal grave, key to unlocking the secrets of the first major metropolis built in the Americas.
here is the full link hope they find what they looking for
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/caribbean/search/sfl-hmex03oct03,0,4885583.story?coll=sfla-news-caribbean
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bantonp, great article! I hope they find something too! :)
that is nuts.. its all i can say.. wow and thank you for the link!!! ima tell some people about this but im sure they wont believe me haha.
QUOTE(LucidElement @ May 29 2005, 11:23 PM)
that is nuts.. its all i can say.. wow and thank you for the link!!! ima tell some people about this but im sure they wont believe me haha.
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Yeah
pity they're looking in the wrong place for a royal burial
are these guys professionals or just talented amateurs with a hastily written permission slip from a bribed official
heres the full text for you others who found the roiginal link unreliable
TEOTIHUACAN, Mexico· Archeologists digging at Mexico's famed Pyramid of the Moon think they could be a few feet away from a royal grave, key to unlocking the secrets of the first major metropolis built in the Americas.
The Aztecs stumbled on these awesome stone pyramids, plazas and temples in about 1500, several centuries after the city was torched and abandoned. They believed it was a divine work and so named the site Teotihuacan, "City of the Gods" in their indigenous nahuatl tongue.
After 200 years of excavations and research, archeologists are similarly in the dark about who built the city, which at its peak in 500 A.D. likely housed 200,000 people, rivaling Shakespeare's London, but a millennium earlier.
It is not known who ruled in Teotihuacan founded around the time of Christ 30 miles northeast of Mexico City and mysteriously collapsing around 700 A.D. -- or what the original city was called, or what language its people spoke.
But Japanese archeologist Saburo Sugiyama and his Mexican colleague, Ruben Cabrera, think some of the answers lie inside the Pyramid of the Moon, and their recent find of three skeletons of high-ranking officials or priests has given them hope of unraveling Teotihuacan's mysteries.
"We don't know if they were sacrificed, but their form suggests they were of a very high social ranking, like the priests that appear on wall etchings, heavily adorned with collars, ear and nose rings, possibly with headdresses," Sugiyama said at the foot of the square-sided pyramid.
A pump blows air into the narrow tunnel that a team of archeologists under Sugiyama and Cabrera are excavating just below the pyramid's peak.
About 20 yards inside, the excavation widens and deepens at the point where the archeologists discovered the three skeletons, all seated cross-legged with their hands clasped in front.
Aside from the bodies, the dig has uncovered jade stones, figurines, animal remains and carved sea shells.
Cabrera and Sugiyama, who started their excavation of the Pyramid of the Moon in 1998, had previously uncovered 22 other piles of bones -- all sacrificial offerings -- in three separate sites in the 140-foot-high pyramid.
But Sugiyama says these latest three skeletons are of a higher social rank and higher up in the pyramid's structure -- whereas other bodies previously unearthed were sacrificed soldiers or prisoners of war and closer to the ground.
Sugiyama thinks the latest skeletons are part of a larger grave. His theory is that they are very close to a burial site of a king or governor.
"We have not found any burial chamber tombs to date. But it is possible that there is something special, the grave of a governor or someone of maximum importance," Sugiyama said. "If anyone important died, it's logical they are buried here."
Sugiyama and Cabrera have focused their efforts to unlock the mysteries of the city on the Pyramid of the Moon -- rather than its bigger neighbor the Pyramid of the Sun or even the ornate Feathered Serpent Pyramid -- because it is strategically at the top end of Teotihuacan's north-south axis road, known as the Avenue of the Dead.
Teotihuacan was a master-planned city, spanning 12 square miles, and thrived longer than imperial Rome, its contemporary. As originally built, the Pyramid of the Sun rose to a peak of 195 feet .
"The origins of Teotihuacan are in Teotihuacan itself, and the Pyramid of the Moon has to have a very important significance ... the place with more possibilities of obtaining information," said Cabrera.
The Pyramid of the Moon is a structure of seven pyramids built on top of each other.
Sugiyama and Cabrera are the first to dig close to the top of the pyramid for clues to the city's past.
"It is a part of the building that has not been investigated. ... Let's say its virgin territory," Cabrera said.
TEOTIHUACAN, Mexico· Archeologists digging at Mexico's famed Pyramid of the Moon think they could be a few feet away from a royal grave, key to unlocking the secrets of the first major metropolis built in the Americas.
The Aztecs stumbled on these awesome stone pyramids, plazas and temples in about 1500, several centuries after the city was torched and abandoned. They believed it was a divine work and so named the site Teotihuacan, "City of the Gods" in their indigenous nahuatl tongue.
After 200 years of excavations and research, archeologists are similarly in the dark about who built the city, which at its peak in 500 A.D. likely housed 200,000 people, rivaling Shakespeare's London, but a millennium earlier.
It is not known who ruled in Teotihuacan founded around the time of Christ 30 miles northeast of Mexico City and mysteriously collapsing around 700 A.D. -- or what the original city was called, or what language its people spoke.
But Japanese archeologist Saburo Sugiyama and his Mexican colleague, Ruben Cabrera, think some of the answers lie inside the Pyramid of the Moon, and their recent find of three skeletons of high-ranking officials or priests has given them hope of unraveling Teotihuacan's mysteries.
"We don't know if they were sacrificed, but their form suggests they were of a very high social ranking, like the priests that appear on wall etchings, heavily adorned with collars, ear and nose rings, possibly with headdresses," Sugiyama said at the foot of the square-sided pyramid.
A pump blows air into the narrow tunnel that a team of archeologists under Sugiyama and Cabrera are excavating just below the pyramid's peak.
About 20 yards inside, the excavation widens and deepens at the point where the archeologists discovered the three skeletons, all seated cross-legged with their hands clasped in front.
Aside from the bodies, the dig has uncovered jade stones, figurines, animal remains and carved sea shells.
Cabrera and Sugiyama, who started their excavation of the Pyramid of the Moon in 1998, had previously uncovered 22 other piles of bones -- all sacrificial offerings -- in three separate sites in the 140-foot-high pyramid.
But Sugiyama says these latest three skeletons are of a higher social rank and higher up in the pyramid's structure -- whereas other bodies previously unearthed were sacrificed soldiers or prisoners of war and closer to the ground.
Sugiyama thinks the latest skeletons are part of a larger grave. His theory is that they are very close to a burial site of a king or governor.
"We have not found any burial chamber tombs to date. But it is possible that there is something special, the grave of a governor or someone of maximum importance," Sugiyama said. "If anyone important died, it's logical they are buried here."
Sugiyama and Cabrera have focused their efforts to unlock the mysteries of the city on the Pyramid of the Moon -- rather than its bigger neighbor the Pyramid of the Sun or even the ornate Feathered Serpent Pyramid -- because it is strategically at the top end of Teotihuacan's north-south axis road, known as the Avenue of the Dead.
Teotihuacan was a master-planned city, spanning 12 square miles, and thrived longer than imperial Rome, its contemporary. As originally built, the Pyramid of the Sun rose to a peak of 195 feet .
"The origins of Teotihuacan are in Teotihuacan itself, and the Pyramid of the Moon has to have a very important significance ... the place with more possibilities of obtaining information," said Cabrera.
The Pyramid of the Moon is a structure of seven pyramids built on top of each other.
Sugiyama and Cabrera are the first to dig close to the top of the pyramid for clues to the city's past.
"It is a part of the building that has not been investigated. ... Let's say its virgin territory," Cabrera said.
Oh and sorry to dissapoint anyone but this dig finished in october 2002.
so they were looking in the wrong place cos they didn't find squat
hehe
http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older.../A/2002992.html
so they were looking in the wrong place cos they didn't find squat
hehe
http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older.../A/2002992.html
i cant see who wrote this original thread
was he kicked off or sumthing?
was he kicked off or sumthing?
QUOTE(The Roswell Man @ May 30 2005, 05:15 PM)
i cant see who wrote this original thread
was he kicked off or sumthing?
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was he kicked off or sumthing?
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He was an extra terrestrial
Majestic twelve took care of it
nothing to see here. move along
hehehe
watch out i will soon join the posse!!
QUOTE(The Roswell Man @ May 31 2005, 05:26 PM)
watch out i will soon join the posse!!
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Thats cool
newbies get all the crappy jobs
like checkng the hybrid dna in the freezer and throwing out the bits that don't fit when you put a flying saucer back together.
QUOTE(marduk @ Jun 1 2005, 06:04 AM)
QUOTE(The Roswell Man @ May 31 2005, 05:26 PM)
watch out i will soon join the posse!!
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Thats cool
newbies get all the crappy jobs
like checkng the hybrid dna in the freezer and throwing out the bits that don't fit when you put a flying saucer back together.
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I always hated that job!
that makes 2 of us.... 
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