Update: Ancient city guards its secrets but excavation reveals new mysteries

[Skywizard]

An eight-year project at Teotihuacán, once the western hemisphere’s
largest city, failed to locate its rulers’ tomb but findings offered
tantalising clues to its origins

Teotihuacán: the discovery of liquid mercury beneath one of its
pyramids fuelled hopes of finding a royal tomb – but what
archaeologists did discover was unexpected.

For decades, the hunt for a royal tomb at the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacán has gripped archaeologists trying to unravel the secrets of the kingdom’s extraordinary political power.

It is a mystery investigators thought they were on the verge of solving in 2015, when large quantities of liquid mercury were found amid a treasure trove of precious artifacts in a secret tunnel.

Tiny troughs containing mercury were discovered along the 103-metre (338ft) corridor under the Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent, the third-biggest temple of the ruined city 35 miles (56km) north of Mexico’s present-day capital.

It was the first time the toxic substance had been found at an ancient site in Mexico, and the discovery fuelled expectations that the search for the tomb was almost over.

But after almost eight years of painstaking excavations inside the pyramid, hopes of finding the buried remains of Teotihuacán’s enigmatic rulers are fading.

“At the beginning of this investigation we thought the tunnel was a metaphoric representation of the underworld, the place of creation and transmission of power, and that we would find a tomb of Teotihuacán’s leaders in this very scared place,” lead archaeologist Sergio Gómez told the Guardian.

“It would have been a transcendent discovery which would help us understand Teotihuacán’s power structure and system of government, but we have almost finished the excavation – and there is no tomb,” said Gómez.

Construction at Teotihuacán began around 150BC, and continued until 250AD. At its height, the city covered 21 square miles and was home to as many as 200,000 people, making it the largest city in the western hemisphere.

It was abandoned around 550AD.

Much of its history remains unknown. Archaeologists had hoped that the discovery of a royal tomb would help resolve whether the city was governed by family dynasties – as was the case with the contemporary Mayan civilization – or ruled by leaders who shared powers.

The 20-metre tunnel was discovered accidentally in 2003 when torrential rains exposed the entrance.

In 2009, scientists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) became the first people to enter the tunnel in almost 1,500 years.

In 2014, archaeologists found three large chambers at the end of the tunnel, almost 20 metres beneath the temple. Excitement mounted with the discovery the following year that the earth appeared to have been sculpted into elegant miniature landscapes depicting mountains and valleys, with drops of mercury deposited to symbolize sacred rivers or lakes.

But the tomb was never found.

Dr Sergio Gómez, lead archaeologist on the Teotihuacán project.

The absence of a tomb could mean the chambers were never used for burial – or that it was removed at some point. The tunnel was sealed with debris around 250AD, but there are signs that it was re-entered about 530AD.

“We have evidence that something very large and heavy was dragged out of the tunnel at some point. It could have been a tomb, but we just don’t know,” said Gómez.

More than 100,000 objects have been recovered, which contributed to new understandings of the origins and status of the city.

Among the most significant artefacts are four almost perfectly preserved greenstone statutes – three women and one man – found near the entrances of the chambers.

The women were adorned with necklaces and earrings, and carried backpacks full of symbolic objects including tiny mirrors believed to help communication with the future and past. The mirrors and eyes are made from pyrite – or fool’s gold.

One female and the male were still standing when discovered at the end of the tunnel.

Two of the statues found standing in the tunnel.

“My hypothesis is that these sculptures represent the founders of Teotihuacán, those who had the power to decide the ideal place to establish a new city. They were standing because they were alive at the time,” said Gomez, a former psychologist.

The three female statues could mean women played a fundamental role in the power structure in the early phases of Teotihuacán, postulates Gómez.


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“During the first period of Teotihuacán, its economic system and riches were linked to agriculture and women were heavily associated with the cult of fertility. But this changed and the smaller naked man probably represents this process of change.

“To me, these statues are even more exciting than finding a tomb as they tell us about the origins of Teotihuacán,” he said.

An array of gigantic conch shells from the Caribbean, Pacific and Gulf coasts were also found in the tunnel. Some are engraved with distinctive Mayan hieroglyphics, confirming strong ties between the elites of Teotihuacán and Mayan communities as far south as Guatemala and Belize.

Other relics include exquisite jade ornaments imported from Guatemala, woven straw mats probably reserved for the elites, rubber balls used in an ancient ball game, striking ceramics pots from neighbouring states, and animal bones from migratory birds, jaguars and even a bear.

Most of the recovered objects are being painstakingly logged, restored and reconstructed at the onsite laboratories.

Exact replicas of the four sparkling green statues have been made in order to aid investigators as they try to make sense of the tunnel, chambers and abundance of relics.

After suffering two collapses during the excavation, the tunnel is considered too fragile and dangerous to open to the public.





Source: https://www.theguardian.com/science/...-new-mysteries


peace...

[Did You See Them]

Mercury !!!
It's straight out of the "Mummy" !

[aikisaw]

I would suppose many here have done enough research that you have a random facts file. A file in your head, or a list of facts you happened upon which you know are important yet you have no place to place them. You have the key, but in which lock does it fit?

It is a mystery investigators thought they were on the verge of solving in 2015, when large quantities of liquid mercury were found amid a treasure trove of precious artifacts in a secret tunnel.

Years ago I was reading about one of the last German submarines the Americans captured which was headed to Japan or Argentina and was filled with mercury. I know mercury was used in the Vril craft propulsion system (flying saucers) Germany had been working on during WW2. This information still seems very important in some way which I don't fully understand. When I read the OP it reminded me of that fact.

Another point when reading the op it seems like the article is trying to steer me in the direction of "the tomb theory". It all makes sense because all of this was built to be a tomb.

For decades, the hunt for a royal tomb

failed to locate its rulers’ tomb

fuelled hopes of finding a royal tomb

the discovery fuelled expectations that the search for the tomb was almost over.


But the tomb was never found

Do me a favor, go look at the picture and see if you think it is a tomb. Take a minute and ask yourself if you were going to build a tomb of this size is this what it would look like. Then ask yourself what this structure was really used for.

This is all speculation, but it looks more like an airport for vehicles coming and going from earth. You could land a bunch of helicopters there right now. It has different levels for different size ships. Underground storage, for supplies, gifts, and fuel.

[uzn]

Mercury was pretty important in the ancient days.



The ancient indian flying machines "Vimanas" where described as having liquid Mercury engines in the ancient indian texts Bhagavad Gita and Mahabharata, as far as I heard.

[Foxie Loxie]

Wow! The Caduceus! Never heard that one before, uzn!!

[morninglight69]

Posted by aikisaw (here)
I would suppose many here have done enough research that you have a random facts file. A file in your head, or a list of facts you happened upon which you know are important yet you have no place to place them. You have the key, but in which lock does it fit?

It is a mystery investigators thought they were on the verge of solving in 2015, when large quantities of liquid mercury were found amid a treasure trove of precious artifacts in a secret tunnel.

Years ago I was reading about one of the last German submarines the Americans captured which was headed to Japan or Argentina and was filled with mercury. I know mercury was used in the Vril craft propulsion system (flying saucers) Germany had been working on during WW2. This information still seems very important in some way which I don't fully understand. When I read the OP it reminded me of that fact.

Another point when reading the op it seems like the article is trying to steer me in the direction of "the tomb theory". It all makes sense because all of this was built to be a tomb.

For decades, the hunt for a royal tomb

failed to locate its rulers’ tomb

fuelled hopes of finding a royal tomb

the discovery fuelled expectations that the search for the tomb was almost over.


But the tomb was never found

Do me a favor, go look at the picture and see if you think it is a tomb. Take a minute and ask yourself if you were going to build a tomb of this size is this what it would look like. Then ask yourself what this structure was really used for.

This is all speculation, but it looks more like an airport for vehicles coming and going from earth. You could land a bunch of helicopters there right now. It has different levels for different size ships. Underground storage, for supplies, gifts, and fuel.

In Ancient Vedas , It is mentioned that combination of liquid mercury with other substances used as fuel for Vimanas [Ancient Spacecraft]..... so yes,,, I cant rule out the Idea of some sort of Ancient Spaceport !!!

[amor]

Take a look at those platforms. They are designed to take some massive weight and to be far enough off the ground and away from people and animals to keep them out of harm's way. The craft obviously employed mercury in their propulsion, thus the find inside the structure.
Other reliefs show reptilians. Also, the Anunnaki are a possibility as visitors. One has to assume they are occupying Earth for a lengthy stay.

[CurEus]

Indeed they do seem ideally suited to bear massive weights....odd that mercury was recently banned by the UN for most everything but vaccines.

One would think that if you were building an important tomb having spent so much energy laying out the building positions, aligning them to the heavens and the incredible amount of work to construct these platforms.... you'd probably put as much effort into the construction of the "tombs" and not leave the "most important" burials in a dank cave with rough walls.

[Bill Ryan]

Wow. That's really quite something. The discovery of mercury in the Pyramid of the Sun is surely highly significant.

What has to be relevant — somehow — is that the pyramid also also contains a layer of MICA. This came from thousands of miles away — no-one knows how — and also has important electrical properties.

From https://ancient-code.com/teotihuacan:

(extracts)

• One of the most interesting things about Teotihuacan is the finding by archaeologists of the extensive use of mica embedded in numerous structures. This mineral is found 3,000 miles away in Brazil and it is found in all buildings, housing complexes, temples and along the roads so basically this mineral is all over Teotihuacan. The pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan contained considerable amounts of mica in layers up to 30 cm.

[...]

• Mica is stable when exposed to electricity, light, moisture, and extreme temperatures. It has superior electrical properties as an insulator and as a dielectric, and can support an electrostatic field while dissipating minimal energy in the form of heat; it can be split very thin (0.025 to 0.125 millimeters or thinner) while maintaining its electrical properties, has a high dielectric breakdown, is thermally stable to 500 °C, and is resistant to corona discharge.
  
  Muscovite, the principal mica used by the electrical industry, is used in capacitors that are ideal for high frequency and radio frequency. Phlogopite mica remains stable at higher temperatures (to 900 °C) and is used in applications in which a combination of high-heat stability and electrical properties is required. Muscovite and phlogopite are used in sheet and ground forms.

[Snoweagle]

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)
Wow. That's really quite something. The discovery of mercury in the Pyramid of the Sun is surely highly significant.

What has to be relevant — somehow — is that the pyramid also also contains a layer of MICA. This came from thousands of miles away — no-one knows how — and also has important electrical properties.

From https://ancient-code.com/teotihuacan:

(extracts)

• One of the most interesting things about Teotihuacan is the finding by archaeologists of the extensive use of mica embedded in numerous structures. This mineral is found 3,000 miles away in Brazil and it is found in all buildings, housing complexes, temples and along the roads so basically this mineral is all over Teotihuacan. The pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan contained considerable amounts of mica in layers up to 30 cm.

[...]

• Mica is stable when exposed to electricity, light, moisture, and extreme temperatures. It has superior electrical properties as an insulator and as a dielectric, and can support an electrostatic field while dissipating minimal energy in the form of heat; it can be split very thin (0.025 to 0.125 millimeters or thinner) while maintaining its electrical properties, has a high dielectric breakdown, is thermally stable to 500 °C, and is resistant to corona discharge.
  
  Muscovite, the principal mica used by the electrical industry, is used in capacitors that are ideal for high frequency and radio frequency. Phlogopite mica remains stable at higher temperatures (to 900 °C) and is used in applications in which a combination of high-heat stability and electrical properties is required. Muscovite and phlogopite are used in sheet and ground forms.

BUMP

Absolutely fantastic information Bill. Loving it. Thanks.

For wannabe researchers, read Eric Von Danikens early books, in particular "Chariots of the Gods". There's a movie too for the armchair researchers:-)

Teotihuacán and the HUNDREDS of other pyramidal structures in the region were all OBSERVATORIES during the "Golden years" of history. They were never ever tombs. True there have been bodies found but there are also simple explanations for those in relation to the structure as well.

Nor were people executed on these structures. That's the biggest load of baloney ever.

Mica eh roflmao
I never dreamed such a fantastic piece of evidence would be handed to us on a plate. This is an awesome, in your face, piece of evidence. I so wanna scream "Told you so"

To explain it I would have to touch on science beyond the scope of acceptance here at Avalon. Because science, as we know it (the Klown guardians), do not tolerate challenge. I've tried several times to have people engage in discussion or consideration but the Klowns dominate here. Custodians at the door of Revelation.

Furthermore, I have already posted elements of the past that are contrary to that in the public domain. Nobody engages.

Am currently still considering whether to enhance my comments made in the Science category but it has no value to me other than enhanced persecution than I currently suffer. So why should I bother. Why would any others bother seeing the clamp down by a self and globally proclaimed aware group that doesn't believe in current science but scorns vehemently those that try.

This information is related (indirectly) to this Avalon thread as well:
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...Volcanic-Chain
In fact the Project Avalon Database has virtually all the evidence that solves the history of our planet and would link science and spirituality which was always the goal of yourself and Kerry. I consider what you have done a success in that respect. The debate side in this aspect though is from my perspective lacking. (I mean things like flat earth, aliens and breathairism, wtf!)

How can anyone discuss alien visitations when there is no explanation as to why there are seven different species of humanity resident on the planet. Aliens, are you kidding me? Maybe that's the bluebeam project in full flight without discernment by the researchers. Hogging the focus of genuine interested parties, a distraction . . . Everyone to their own I guess, it's your choice.

Around the early days of Avalon I wrote to you to discuss with you my theory, prognosis or hypothesis as I felt it would it would help the community. I was in the throes of stroke recovery. It was difficult for me to focus on singular thoughts or activities. It was immensely difficult to write and still is. As the stroke gave to me something wonderful yet destroyed the doctrine I had been raised with, as we all were and now I am outside that world doctrine.

Anyway, my bitterness aside, this mica evidence is important in many respects, yet is incomplete. We need the full mineralogical chronology of structure from the structures peak to its foundation, as well the geology of the region as it is today. I believe it differs today from the time the structure had originally been built.
Muscovite, the principal mica used by the electrical industry, is used in capacitors that are ideal for high frequency and radio frequency.
The article doesn't confirm whether these layers were installed during construction at certain layers or whether they are randomly found. Or whether formed.
The article suggests mica is found throughout that region. Ask yourself why?
"used by the electrical industry . . . " really? Where does electrical energy come from in ALL it's forms?
Both of these statements/questions are very important as both are related and for different reasons for the same event. Both compliment each other. And to understand this I recommend reviewing ultra high energy physics (not the crap as we know it from our books, similar but wholly different) to understand the causal events.

Anyways, am joyous at this information. I might come back to this some other time. Thank you

[Flash]

I visited the place 40 years ago and then about 20 years ago, when it was much more dug. Believe me, the builder did nothing by chance. Every single stone was planned in every single monument/platform (and there is many platforms).

Very impressive plans and constructions - and so foreign to the actual us, not the way we do it now, so foreign that it gives an inner itchy feeling (well maybe it was because of the high frequencies capacities who knows). This site has been a jewel of archeology site I have ever seen.

also very different from the Mayan construction situated more South, those I can better understand (although still quite foreign in thinking as well).

If there were sacrifice up on one of the two main pyramids, it was for the gods (and it may also have been at a later date in their history). There is big large stone hooks (in shape of horns, animals, etc) all around the main pyramid, from top to bottom. I would very much like to see what they are composed of and calculate their distance from each other in relations to high frequencies.

Posted by Snoweagle (here)

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)
Wow. That's really quite something. The discovery of mercury in the Pyramid of the Sun is surely highly significant.

What has to be relevant — somehow — is that the pyramid also also contains a layer of MICA. This came from thousands of miles away — no-one knows how — and also has important electrical properties.

From https://ancient-code.com/teotihuacan:

(extracts)

• One of the most interesting things about Teotihuacan is the finding by archaeologists of the extensive use of mica embedded in numerous structures. This mineral is found 3,000 miles away in Brazil and it is found in all buildings, housing complexes, temples and along the roads so basically this mineral is all over Teotihuacan. The pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan contained considerable amounts of mica in layers up to 30 cm.

[...]

• Mica is stable when exposed to electricity, light, moisture, and extreme temperatures. It has superior electrical properties as an insulator and as a dielectric, and can support an electrostatic field while dissipating minimal energy in the form of heat; it can be split very thin (0.025 to 0.125 millimeters or thinner) while maintaining its electrical properties, has a high dielectric breakdown, is thermally stable to 500 °C, and is resistant to corona discharge.
  
  Muscovite, the principal mica used by the electrical industry, is used in capacitors that are ideal for high frequency and radio frequency. Phlogopite mica remains stable at higher temperatures (to 900 °C) and is used in applications in which a combination of high-heat stability and electrical properties is required. Muscovite and phlogopite are used in sheet and ground forms.

BUMP

Absolutely fantastic information Bill. Loving it. Thanks.

For wannabe researchers, read Eric Von Danikens early books, in particular "Chariots of the Gods". There's a movie too for the armchair researchers:-)

Teotihuacán and the HUNDREDS of other pyramidal structures in the region were all OBSERVATORIES during the "Golden years" of history. They were never ever tombs. True there have been bodies found but there are also simple explanations for those in relation to the structure as well.

Nor were people executed on these structures. That's the biggest load of baloney ever.

Mica eh roflmao
I never dreamed such a fantastic piece of evidence would be handed to us on a plate. This is an awesome, in your face, piece of evidence. I so wanna scream "Told you so"

To explain it I would have to touch on science beyond the scope of acceptance here at Avalon. Because science, as we know it (the Klown guardians), do not tolerate challenge. I've tried several times to have people engage in discussion or consideration but the Klowns dominate here. Custodians at the door of Revelation.

Furthermore, I have already posted elements of the past that are contrary to that in the public domain. Nobody engages.

Am currently still considering whether to enhance my comments made in the Science category but it has no value to me other than enhanced persecution than I currently suffer. So why should I bother. Why would any others bother seeing the clamp down by a self and globally proclaimed aware group that doesn't believe in current science but scorns vehemently those that try.

This information is related (indirectly) to this Avalon thread as well:
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...Volcanic-Chain
In fact the Project Avalon Database has virtually all the evidence that solves the history of our planet and would link science and spirituality which was always the goal of yourself and Kerry. I consider what you have done a success in that respect. The debate side in this aspect though is from my perspective lacking. (I mean things like flat earth, aliens and breathairism, wtf!)

How can anyone discuss alien visitations when there is no explanation as to why there are seven different species of humanity resident on the planet. Aliens, are you kidding me? Maybe that's the bluebeam project in full flight without discernment by the researchers. Hogging the focus of genuine interested parties, a distraction . . . Everyone to their own I guess, it's your choice.

Around the early days of Avalon I wrote to you to discuss with you my theory, prognosis or hypothesis as I felt it would it would help the community. I was in the throes of stroke recovery. It was difficult for me to focus on singular thoughts or activities. It was immensely difficult to write and still is. As the stroke gave to me something wonderful yet destroyed the doctrine I had been raised with, as we all were and now I am outside that world doctrine.

Anyway, my bitterness aside, this mica evidence is important in many respects, yet is incomplete. We need the full mineralogical chronology of structure from the structures peak to its foundation, as well the geology of the region as it is today. I believe it differs today from the time the structure had originally been built.
Muscovite, the principal mica used by the electrical industry, is used in capacitors that are ideal for high frequency and radio frequency.
The article doesn't confirm whether these layers were installed during construction at certain layers or whether they are randomly found. Or whether formed.
The article suggests mica is found throughout that region. Ask yourself why?
"used by the electrical industry . . . " really? Where does electrical energy come from in ALL it's forms?
Both of these statements/questions are very important as both are related and for different reasons for the same event. Both compliment each other. And to understand this I recommend reviewing ultra high energy physics (not the crap as we know it from our books, similar but wholly different) to understand the causal events.

Anyways, am joyous at this information. I might come back to this some other time. Thank you

[Snoweagle]

Teotihuacán was NOT a place of sacrifice. That hypothesis was put forward to distract onlookers from the truth.

The Temple of the Moon at the end of the long parade was indeed the observatory watching the planetary object we now know as the Moon approaching planet Earth when Earth had no Moon.
The CHASING Moon came closer and closer over time.
The architecture depicting "chopped off heads" were studies carved into stone of the electric plasma discharge visible existing between two cosmic bodies in close proximity on the same path. All seen from these observatories.
The population of the world during the "500 hundred year" cycle were all congregated around the equatorial regions, use the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn as your guide. The Earths poles were ice laden and there was minimal water. There were no oceans as we know them at that time.
The Earth DID NOT ROTATE at 365 times a year at that time. There was no rotation at all. This explains the design of the "Grande Parade" or whatever name of Death ascribed to it.
The Grande Parade had been filled with water with a SURFACE COVERED WITH OIL for magnification or clarity. Evidence of high intensity burning has been found along this parade.

The Mayans produced a calender and produced it in stone. For us to read. They knew it was a life extinguishing event. They wanted to tell us. And what do we do? We allow "effing experts" to teach us their gibberish to keep mankind trapped into believing in GODS and KINGS. Look where that has taken us!

Everything I have seen in the archaeological record depicts knowledge of impending doom for humanity at that time. And we are the surviving dependants and look around at our behaviour.

Here's another one for you, it's off topic but related.
The Great China Wall was NOT BUILT TO KEEP OUT marauding Mongols. Load of guff that is.

I believe the Great China Wall was built after the destruction of the Mayans and the first flood. It was built to prevent further FLOODING. It did not help that region of the globe at all.

There were three flooding epochs. As far as I am able to discern.
________________________

So return to to opening post and review what you are reading and what the "story" is telling you.

You are being softly coerced into believing in temples, gods and kings. AND MOST OF YOU BELIEVE IT!

[Sunny-side-up]

Hmm mind wondering:

landscapes represented under the temple (As above so below) the mica and possible properties of the construction and positioning of the temple.
Well have you heard of 'Thaumaturgy'. It is used as the name for Magic but I believe it is more specific, it is the magic of 'Like attracts like' and 'once together always together'
So Thaumaturgy combined with the miniature landscapes and a piece/model of an object you want to influence (like Voodoo) and or move, like a great stone You move the model/piece over the Miniature landscape and the actual object move above in real life. Thaumaturgy!

So not royal tombs but priests magic workshops
Mercury is a magic liquid metal, gives off vapers that effect the mind/brain, damaging yes, but mind expanding also, a priest dedicates his/her life.

[uzn]

Somthing more about Mica. I just posted it in the wrong Thread (maybe an Admin can more it over here)
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...=1#post1163716
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...=1#post1163717

[Baby Steps]

More on Mercury

There is no naturally occurring Mercury near this Pyramid.

They have found Mercury under the Tomb pyramid of the first Chinese Emperor

I bet there are others.

In the following the reason why this may be a feature of Pyramids is discussed 8 Minutes in. No, not flying Pyramids, thank God. According to Haramein (and supposedly Casey) this technology can produce a GRAVITY BEAM.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=BV8695PlADE