Deep beneath the Pyramid of the Plumed Serpent at Teotihuacan, Mexico, a 340-foot-long tunnel had been coated in a metallic powder that, when Aztec priests passed through carrying torches, glittered like the starry night sky. Sealed almost 2000 years ago, and discovered in 2003, archaeologists have now completed their excavations of the tunnel, finding over 50,000 artifacts... and burial chambers they believe no one has entered since they were originally sealed.
The team are already planning to enter the chambers soon, where they hope to find royal burials. You can view photos of the site, with some of the artifacts, here. These are exciting times for Mexican archaeology, and Archaeology Magazine has a terrific feature on the thousands of years of Aztec history that lies beneath the streets of modern Mexico.
Via the Telegraph UK.
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