Liquid Mercury May Lead To Royal Tomb In Mysterious Pre-Aztec City

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Liquid Mercury May Lead To Royal Tomb In Mysterious Pre-Aztec City

A Mexican archaeologist, Sergio Gomez has discovered liquid mercury beneath an ancient, pre -Aztec pyramid called the ‘Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent’. This could indicate the presence of a royal tomb right below one of the most cryptic cities in the Americas.

Gomez announced the discovery on Friday of large quantities of the element in a chamber at the end of a sacred tunnel that had been sealed for nearly 1,800 years, deep in the bowels of the mysterious ancient city of Teotihuacan.

Because of the potential supernatural significance of liquid mercury in ritual ends, Gomez hopes that deeper into the complex he will find the last resting place of an ancient king.

RT reports: What makes the find more exciting is the city itself, believed to come from the same period as the great Mayan city-states, but even less explored – even its inhabitants have no name, and there used to be 200,000 of them, living amongst gargantuan stone pyramids some 1,300 to 1,900 years ago.

Six years of work paid off when Gomez and colleagues managed to dig their way into an ancient tunnel discovered in 2003 that lay sealed all this time, closed off by the locals themselves. But it was only last year, after gathering substantial resources to carry out research at the highest level that the archeologist announced the discovery of three chambers almost 12 meters (39 feet) below the temple. Immediately they found objects of symbolic value – jade statues, jaguar remains and various hand-carved objects.

The presence of the highly toxic, odorless liquid metal is peculiar, as ancient Americans had no use for it, but it was also discovered at three other ancient sites by a Berkley anthropologist – never in Teotihuacan. Gomez believes this signals the presence of a tomb.

If that’s true, this is the first tomb found in Teotihuacan, following decades of exploration.

The city’s name is translated as ‘abode of the gods’ from the Aztec language Nahuatl. Adding to its mysterious allure is the fact that, compared to the Mayans, this city-state left no written record. All that is known is it was different from the Mayans in a number of ways. But our knowledge only picks up somewhat after the 14th century, when the Aztecs came. Teotihuacan had been abandoned by its inhabitants long before then.

His view is shared by some in the archeologist community, who believe mercury might have been used to symbolize an underground river. Mercury’s sleek look and reflectivity must have lent to its ritualistic use.

“But it’s still very uncertain, and that is what keeps everybody in suspense,” another archaeologist, Geoerge Cowgill, told Reuters. He’s been digging in the ancient city for four decades now.

Now Gomez and team are painstakingly exploring the three chambers, deep in the dank and humid corridors, wearing protective gear to shield themselves from mercury poisoning. Anytime now, Gomez expects to come across the elusive dead king.

Mexican city-states are mysterious because little is known about how they lived, governed, or even how that governance had led them all to collapse onto themselves. Discovering a royal tomb in Teotihuacan would provide a major piece to that puzzle.

Liquid Mercury May Lead To Royal Tomb In Mysterious Pre-Aztec City
Visitors look on at the archaeological area of the Quetzalcoatl Temple near the Pyramid of the Sun at the Teotihuacan archaeological site

 

9 Comments

  1. Those guys all left, the Mercury was from the condensers that helped power their star gate, that’s why calendar dates were so important to them, so they would know the correct planetary alinements and they could travel home safely!! Their work was done here, and they went home!!

  2. Those guys all left, the Mercury was from the condensers that helped power their star gate, that’s why calendar dates were so important to them, so they would know the correct planetary alinements and they could travel home safely!! Their work was done here, and they went home!!

  3. Hope they find an Alien that was purposely trapped and eats them all alive, uses their bodies for hosts to create more offspring’s to rid all U.S. Republican Presidential candidates 😉

  4. Hope they find an Alien that was purposely trapped and eats them all alive, uses their bodies for hosts to create more offspring’s to rid all U.S. Republican Presidential candidates 😉

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