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Hunt for ancient royal tomb in Mexico takes mercurial twist
Reuters ^ | April 24, 2015 | David Alire Garcia

Posted on 04/25/2015 4:31:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

A Mexican archeologist hunting for a royal tomb in a deep, dark tunnel beneath a towering pre-Aztec pyramid has made a discovery that may have brought him a step closer: liquid mercury.

In the bowels of Teotihuacan, a mysterious ancient city that was once the largest in the Americas, Sergio Gomez this month found "large quantities" of the silvery metal in a chamber at the end of a sacred tunnel sealed for nearly 1,800 years.

"It's something that completely surprised us," Gomez said at the entrance to the tunnel below Teotihuacan's Pyramid of the Plumed Serpent, about 30 miles (50 km) northeast of Mexico City.

Some archeologists believe the toxic element could herald what would be the first ruler's tomb ever found in Teotihuacan, a contemporary of several ancient Maya cities, but so shrouded in mystery that its inhabitants still have no name....

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: archaeology; archeology; godsgravesglyphs; history; mayans; mercury; metal; metals; mexico; pyramid; temple; teotihuacan; toltecs
Civilization is much older than commonly thought.
1 posted on 04/25/2015 4:31:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

We went from a lifestyle that, in many ways did not change much from cave man days until the 1800’s to sub-orbital travel in just 100 years.

We’ve probably and repeatedly gone from a primitive era to an advanced age throughout our entire history.


2 posted on 04/25/2015 5:49:19 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

f they were playing around with mercury that may have been what killed them off.


3 posted on 04/25/2015 5:58:30 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yes it is...I am currently reading “The Divine Footprint” from Freddy Silva. I have previously read his book “First Templar Nation” which was outstanding research.

http://www.invisibletemple.com/


4 posted on 04/25/2015 6:14:18 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (‘You can avoid reality, but you can’t avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.’)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.

5 posted on 04/28/2015 2:39:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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