Earthquake in Mexico Cracked a Pyramid and Revealed an Ancient Temple

[Skywizard]

• Pre-Hispanic cultures often built one temple over another, archaeologists say
• The smaller, older temple inside probably dates to 1150 to 1200, and rewrites the history of the area

Archaeologists say damage to a pre-Hispanic pyramid in central Mexico from the Sept. 19 earthquake has revealed a hidden temple.

Scientists from Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) were checking for structural damage on the Teopanzolco pyramid in Morelos state, 43 miles south of Mexico City, with a radar when they discovered the 20-by-13-feet temple.

The smaller, older temple inside probably dates to 1150 to 1200, and rewrites the history of the area.

An undiscovered temple at the base of an ancient pyramid has been excavated after earthquake damage exposed
the 900-year-old structure.Teopanzolco is an Aztec archaeological site in the southern Mexican state of Morelos.
Due to modern growth, the site lies within the city of Cuernavaca today.

'This finding changes the chronology of Teopanzolco, since the basement was first discovered and then, in the image of that type of construction, the Templo Mayor was built in Tenochtitlan.

'It is not that the Mexicas have contributed this architectural style to this region, on the contrary, the Tlahuica constructions inspired them to build the Templo Mayor,' said Barbara Konieczna, who led the dig.

She said it was common for pre-Hispanic cultures to build one temple over another.

Archaeologist Georgia Bravo Lopez said that approximately two meters below the level of the floor that currently has the top of the pyramid, the team found located the vestiges of the substructure, and found it was architecturally very similar to the current temple.

'There was no news, until now, of the existence of a substructure within the pyramidal structure,' said INAH Director Isabel Campos Goenaga at a press conference.

'What we found could correspond to Teopanzolco's oldest temple.

'In spite of what the earthquake meant, it is necessary to be thankful that, for this natural phenomenon, this important structure [appeared] that changes the dating of the archaeological site,' Goenaga said.





Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...E-pyramid.html



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