The mysterious yellow orbs found at Mexico's 2,000 year old temple
The mysterious yellow orbs found at Mexico's 2,000 year old temple
Local dentist who supplied tools for space missions uses his expertise to help shed light on one of Mexico's most enduring mysteries
Sunday, 19 May, 2013 (Updated: 1:38AM)
Under the Temple of the Feathered Serpent in Mexico lay a tunnel not seen by people in more than 1,800 years.
Damp, dark, filled with debris, and deliberately sealed by its creators, the passageway was thought to house the remains of the rulers of the ancient city of Teotihuacan. A robot that recently explored the tunnel found three secret chambers that may shed light on the millennia-old practices of the city, which the Aztecs called the place where gods are born.
Sergio Gomez Chavez is an archaeologist who has been working on the preservation of this city for 33 years. The tanned 52-year-old is the director of the Tlalocan Project, and a researcher for Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History.
"The tunnel represents the Underworld. The offerings found correspond with this idea that Meso-America had of an Underworld. Now we are identifying human remains."
The robot was one of two involved in the project put together by a team that included Hong Kong dentist and science enthusiast Dr Ng Tze-chuen.
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Mystery Of Hundreds Of Yellow Orbs Found In Mexico's Temple Of The Feathered Serpent
Huffington Post UK | By Sara C Nelson Posted: 01/05/2013 16:28 BST | Updated: 01/05/2013 17:21
Hundreds of mysterious yellow orbs have been found beneath Mexico’s Temple of the Feathered Serpent.
The once-metallic spheres were discovered by a robot named Tláloc II-TC, which was deployed by archaeologists exploring a tunnel and series of chambers beneath the ancient ruins.
Jorge Zavala, an archaeologist with Mexico’s National Anthropology and History Unit told NBCNews Science: “They look like yellow spheres, but we do not know their meaning. It’s an unprecedented discovery.”
The balls range from 1.5 to 5 inches in circumference, have a core of clay and are covered with a yellow material called jarosite.
Remote-controlled Tláloc II-TC (who is named after Mexico's ancient god of rain) is three-feet-long and can squeeze through tight spaces where human beings would otherwise be unable to explore.
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