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Ichingcarpenter

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Wed May 1, 2013, 04:09 AM May 2013

Mysterious spheres found beneath the Temple of the Feathered Serpent [View all]

Hundreds of mysterious spheres lie beneath the Temple of the Feathered Serpent, an ancient six-level step pyramid just 30 miles from Mexico City.

The enigmatic spheres were found during an archaeological dig using a camera-equipped robot at one of the most important buildings in the pre-Hispanic city of Teotihuacan.

"They look like yellow spheres, but we do not know their meaning. It's an unprecedented discovery," said Jorge Zavala, an archaeologist at Mexico's National Anthropology and History Institute.


The Mesoamerican ruins of Teotihuacan, a World Heritage Site, represent one of the largest urban centers of the ancient world. Thought to have been established around 100 B.C., the pyramid-filled city had more than 100,000 inhabitants at its peak, but was abandoned for mysterious reasons around 700 A.D. -- long before the Aztecs arrived in the 1300s.

The excavation at the temple focused on a 330-foot-long tunnel which runs under the structure. The conduit was discovered in 2003 when heavy rain uncovered a hole a few feet from the pyramid.

http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/mysterious-spheres-emerge-from-ancient-temple-130429.htm




They're EGGS WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE!

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It is a bit reminiscent of Alien dipsydoodle May 2013 #1
the Horta Lives! Demeter May 2013 #4
NO KILL I! Orrex May 2013 #6
First thing I thought of krispos42 May 2013 #14
Can you imagine a Second Amendment covering phasers? Demeter May 2013 #15
I've pondered that. krispos42 May 2013 #16
Unless, like tasers, the device is misused or the target below average Demeter May 2013 #18
One setting: heavy stun only cactusfractal May 2013 #20
Can't wait to mug u wit one... nebenaube May 2013 #28
My thought exactly. Watch out for Mother! nolabear May 2013 #25
LOL! ...that was my first thought. BlueJazz May 2013 #7
Chocolate? n/t krispos42 May 2013 #17
Damn ..it IS Chocolate. Never notice it. BlueJazz May 2013 #24
Look at some contemporary Mexican Pyrite sculture - same idea leveymg May 2013 #27
Fascinating newfie11 May 2013 #2
I love archeology -- always have Hekate May 2013 #3
interesting stuff BigD_95 May 2013 #5
a sobering quote: ewagner May 2013 #8
Only because "we" have little to no interest in, or knowledge of, history, archeology & anthropology eShirl May 2013 #10
Guilty as charged....n/t ewagner May 2013 #11
I've been to this site. 30 years ago. Bluenorthwest May 2013 #13
Well, all pyramid Jackpine Radical May 2013 #26
Ouch. Ready4Change May 2013 #31
You're saying someone "Madoff" with the loot? riqster May 2013 #33
In a movie, that line would have been uttered by the comic relief sidekick ehrnst May 2013 #32
And evidence of very early Chinese exploration of our western states, WHEN CRABS ROAR May 2013 #35
That headline sounds like such a euphemism... Heywood J May 2013 #9
Obviously Spent Fuel Casings parkia00 May 2013 #12
Found among the spheres was the skeleton of a goose....... firenewt May 2013 #19
Not a mystery to me Cronus Protagonist May 2013 #21
A Peruvian doctor of my acquaintance said that was how the Inca earthquake-proofed back then... Octafish May 2013 #22
Moving Men furniture sliders are based on ancient alien technology! OnyxCollie May 2013 #23
Khaleesi's missing dragon eggs! Myrina May 2013 #29
"Security, we have a naked blonde woman with a team of pyros heading for the new site". riqster May 2013 #34
Just wait until the hatchlings show up....... Historic NY May 2013 #30
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