Mexico City - Archaeologists in Mexico found a road tunnel and the two locked rooms of the temple of the largest ancient Aztec heritage. The discovery was hoping that it would find the tomb of the ruler of the time.
The tunnel is only as wide as half a meter and 1.5 meters high, to the ceremonial stage in the middle of the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan complex or the Templo Mayor. The ruins of the Aztec capital of overlap with the modern city of Mexico. At the end of the culvert, the archaeologists found two doors sealed.
According to the invaders from Spain who wrote about the history of the conquest of Mexico, the Aztecs bury the bodies of their leaders in the structure of the round robin. Based on the article, the archaeologists believe that the portal is sealed it is the road to the tombs of the kings.
"Once we opened the door, release the hinge of soil and rock it, we will know that the road will take us to the heart of Cuauhxicalco," the archaeologist said Lopez Lujan, who uses the stage name Aztec as a large stone, which means 'cup eagle'.
"At the end of the tunnel, two ancient entrances sealed by experts stone," he added as reported by The Guardian, Monday, December 1, 2015.
The tunnel is actually a sewer connection from others found in 2013. The tunnel was discovered when scientists saw no signs connected.
In that year, archaeologists excavating 3 tons of rock from the tunnel mouth. Later, they found a large box underneath. It contained gold ornaments, stone knives and bones of children and eagles.
Human remains inside the box including two skulls belonged to boys aged 5-7 years, as well as hand and foot bones. Knives and verteberata animals were found indicating that they are the stuff of ritual sacrifice.
The ritual in the past is a common practice by the Aztec people. Usually, children taken tumbalnya.
"From various sources, Cuauhxicalco is a character structure funeral. So, we can speculate that behind the walls of the possibility of two rooms that contained the human remains of their kings," explained Lopez Lujan again.
Lopez Lujan predict the framework of the king Moctezuma I and his successors Axayacatl and Tizoc was in it based on the stairs of the building structure. The trio led the Aztecs in the 14th century to 15.
If these findings are true framework of the king, there is no doubt this is the most historic discovery. It can reveal how a civilization treats the bodies of its leaders, especially the Aztecs were full of the mystery.
Nevertheless, Lopez Lujan cautioned and wish all impatient for the hypothesis. Eksvakasi will begin in early 2016.
Unlike the Mayans were burying their kings in grave luxurious, burial Aztecs of the year 1000 AD has made archaeologists are curious, said Rosemary Joyce, a professor from the University of California, Berkeley.
"They kept digging in hopes that they will find the 'big people'. However, the more they dig, the more depleted the places in Tenochtitlan," he said.
A funeral Aztecs invention is to clothe it, occupying the body upright and put the crown on his head. Then, in the image, they will burn. However, they do not know dikemanakan ashes.
However, he believed there was a time they buried the bodies of their leaders
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According to the invaders from Spain who wrote about the history of the conquest of Mexico, the Aztecs bury the bodies of their leaders in the structure of the round robin. Based on the article, the archaeologists believe that the portal is sealed it is the road to the tombs of the kings.
"Once we opened the door, release the hinge of soil and rock it, we will know that the road will take us to the heart of Cuauhxicalco," the archaeologist said Lopez Lujan, who uses the stage name Aztec as a large stone, which means 'cup eagle'.
"At the end of the tunnel, two ancient entrances sealed by experts stone," he added as reported by The Guardian, Monday, December 1, 2015.
The tunnel is actually a sewer connection from others found in 2013. The tunnel was discovered when scientists saw no signs connected.
In that year, archaeologists excavating 3 tons of rock from the tunnel mouth. Later, they found a large box underneath. It contained gold ornaments, stone knives and bones of children and eagles.
Human remains inside the box including two skulls belonged to boys aged 5-7 years, as well as hand and foot bones. Knives and verteberata animals were found indicating that they are the stuff of ritual sacrifice.
The ritual in the past is a common practice by the Aztec people. Usually, children taken tumbalnya.
"From various sources, Cuauhxicalco is a character structure funeral. So, we can speculate that behind the walls of the possibility of two rooms that contained the human remains of their kings," explained Lopez Lujan again.
Lopez Lujan predict the framework of the king Moctezuma I and his successors Axayacatl and Tizoc was in it based on the stairs of the building structure. The trio led the Aztecs in the 14th century to 15.
If these findings are true framework of the king, there is no doubt this is the most historic discovery. It can reveal how a civilization treats the bodies of its leaders, especially the Aztecs were full of the mystery.
Nevertheless, Lopez Lujan cautioned and wish all impatient for the hypothesis. Eksvakasi will begin in early 2016.
Unlike the Mayans were burying their kings in grave luxurious, burial Aztecs of the year 1000 AD has made archaeologists are curious, said Rosemary Joyce, a professor from the University of California, Berkeley.
"They kept digging in hopes that they will find the 'big people'. However, the more they dig, the more depleted the places in Tenochtitlan," he said.
A funeral Aztecs invention is to clothe it, occupying the body upright and put the crown on his head. Then, in the image, they will burn. However, they do not know dikemanakan ashes.
However, he believed there was a time they buried the bodies of their leaders
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