In news that will probably delight Apollo 11 denier , Roswell frequenters , and Illuminati enthusiasts alike , archaeologists have light upon hundreds of mystical , once - metallic heavens bury deep beneath an ancient Pyramids of Egypt in Mexico City . And we have absolutely no idea what they ’re for .
Described by Jorge Zavala , an archaeologist at Mexico ’s National Anthropology and History Institute , as an “ unprecedented discovery , ” the orbs have call one of the most authoritative temples in an ancient , pre - Latino metropolis home for the retiring 1,800 age .
But this was n’t just your mediocre ancient township ; the urban center , Teotihuacan , was once one of the large in the world , boasting over 100,000 residents at a clip when the Earth itself only hold around 200 million . And it ’s this comparatively monolithic population that make the metropolis ’s full forsaking for “ cryptic reasons ” in 700 AD all the more enigmatical .
Plus , it seems that the Teotihuacans knew damn well they were n’t coming back . Before fleeing the famine and/or exotic encroachment that consumed their home , people had take their beloved temple ’s tunnels with so much dust and ruins that it ingest scientist several years of be after alone before they could dig their way in .
Unearthing the Tomb
The fruit of all that prepatory labor?A team of wireless robot working togetherto propose a glimpse into an increasingly esoteric past tense .
https://gizmodo.com/archaeologists-are-unlocking-a-1900-year-old-burial-cha-5995214
The robotlike organisation , dubbed Tlaloque , admit a larger rover to take over carpool responsibility for two small mechanisms it drive around around the ruination ’ derelict tunnels . Once the tierce arrives at an actual chamber , one vehicle will break off and take infrared shots of the entire space while its smaller , flight of stairs - enabled drone friend zoom around to capture television footage .
In this casing , it ’s the infrared scanner that stumbled upon the orbit - load chambers , which held hundreds of the corpse - cored , yellow - tinted balls currently stumping scientists .
Fool’s Gold
They jaundiced colour comes from jarosite , which make as iron pyrite — or fool ’s amber — oxidizes . So back in 300 advertizement , when the Teotihuacanos used these variously sized ( 1.5 to 5 inches ) balls in whatever ceremonies or ritual they engaged in , they were look at what might have seemed like beautiful , glimmering balls of Au .
As George Gowgill , prof emeritus at Arizona State Universitytold Discovery News :
fool’s gold was certainly used by the Teotihuacanos and other ancient Mesoamerican society . primitively the spheres would have shown bright . They are indeed unequaled , but I have no idea what they mean .
As the walls themselves were also dusted with pyrite — which would have given a lovely favourable sheen to the pottery and lechatelierite - covered mask scattered around the way — the archaeologists believe that“high - place hoi polloi , priest , or even rulers went down to the burrow to do ritual . ”
Ancient Intentions
What these golden - ball - necessitating ritual might have entailed , though , remains just as inconclusive . As Zavala succinctly and ominously submit : “ No one can ground their function . ”
It seems entirely potential , though , that they served some form of religious purpose ; Teotihuaca — translation : the place where men become graven image — began as a spiritual meat for the neighborhood , and the site has been think to include a burial ground . The Teotihuacan people worshiped eight gods , and were make love to rehearse human ritual killing during the dedication of edifice like , say , giant temple . All of which would have looked quite compelling against a gleaming atomic number 79 backcloth .
Full result may still come , and soon ; there are still three sleeping room left for the researchers ( and their automaton friends ) to go digging through . That last one might pay an even expectant surprise , its thick walls were demolished about 1,800 eld ago so that the Teotihuacan people could deposit “ something very important ” in the safest part they could . Forget golden orb ; we might just be in for quartz glass skulls . [ Mexico National Institute of Anthropology and HistoryviaDiscovery News ]
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