Regular artifacts gives archaeologists the most famous historical city of Teotihuacan in Mesoamerica. The tower called the Pyramid of the Sun scientists have discovered a previously unknown remains of sacrifices and a number of unique artifacts.
The uniqueness of the work of the last season is the first time that archaeologists had dug a tunnel under the center of the base of the Pyramid of the Sun. It was there that the foundations were found three buildings that date back to the early period, ie until the tower itself.
Next to them were the remains of sacrifices. Most of the artifacts is a unique portrait of serpentine. In this case, scientists struck by the thoroughness with which the mineral was cut from the mask of the deceased. In addition, it was found more than 10 pots dedicated to the patron saint of rain Tlaloc. Typology of ceramic products known to science for more recent discoveries. Close to sacrifice animal bones were found: the eagle, rabbit, cat. Notable was the discovery of the children's graves and at the base of the tower construction.
The technique works was new. Archaeologists did not continue further study of peripheral tunnels archaeologists of the last century. Was made prirezki relative to the center of the tower, where the preserved remains untouched. Point of construction according to preliminary estimates of archaeologists presented the ancient inhabitants of these places as a portal to another world. That is why they were built over the main monumental building of the city. However, to assert with absolute certainty so far, all the while that remains at the level of a scientific hypothesis.
Recall that the pyramids of Teotihuacan is one of the oldest historical monuments. It was built during a single decade more than 2,000 years ago. Its scale is enormous in the height of the pyramid reaches 64 meters, and at the bottom it is quite a bit inferior to the Egyptian pyramid in Giza.
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