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Ancient Aztec temple, ball court found in Mexico City
« on: June 08, 2017, 11:29:14 am »
Ancient Aztec temple, ball court found in Mexico City
June 8, 2017
 

A giant temple to the Aztec god of the wind and a court where the Aztecs played a deadly ball game have been discovered in the heart of Mexico City.

Archaeologists unveiled the rare finds Wednesday after extensive excavations, giving journalists a tour of the semi-circular temple of Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl and nearby ball court.


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Re: Ancient Aztec temple, ball court found in Mexico City
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2017, 11:51:20 am »
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...The temple, meanwhile, is a giant semi-circle perched atop an even larger rectangular base. The whole thing once measured some 34 meters across and four meters high, archaeologists said.

The ancient structures stand in startling contrast with the sprawling mega-city that now surrounds them, which was built atop the ruins of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan....

...A hotel formerly stood on the site of the newly discovered ruins until 1985, when it collapsed in a catastrophic earthquake that killed thousands of people.

The hotel's owners then noticed the ancient remains and alerted the National Institute of Anthropology and History.

Archaeologists believe the temple celebrated the god of the wind and was built between 1486 and 1502

I wonder how many times something this large, in such a large population center, has been discovered before then neglected and forgotten again.
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