http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070801/sc_ ... IB5gEiANEA
I'm not sure I quite get this story. The "main pyramid" of the city is pretty hard to miss, and has been so for a long time (at least since they dug it up way back when). Cuitlahuac was the ruler of Tenochtitlan, therefore implying they mean Mexico City centre. Itztapalapa is some way away. Main pyramid of Itztapalapa sure but er...
... did I miss something.
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Another enormous pyramid found
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Rokcet Scientist
Re: Another enormous pyramid found
"enormous"?War Arrow wrote:
Another enormous pyramid found
Afaik no sizes are mentioned in that article. So "enormous" is your wishful thinking.
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Seems like "razing" a pyramid would be an awful lot of work and the conquistadores were not known for being big workers.
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True but those temples were a handy source of building material.Minimalist wrote:Seems like "razing" a pyramid would be an awful lot of work and the conquistadores were not known for being big workers.
Oh.. and "enormous" wasn't my thinking wishful or otherwise. If it was comparable in size to the one at the centre of Tenochtitlan (as suggested in the report, then it's pretty obvious that it's of a fair old volume.
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Rokcet Scientist
Indeed. The bulk of the building materials used for Mexico City's Roman Catholic cathedral was probably 'mined' from existing nearby buildings. So, if there was another pyramid – IF! – then chances are it will have been 'reïncarnated' in more recent buildings and been 'hidden in plain sight' in Mexico City's daily life all through the centuries!