(ORDO NEWS) — There are many ancient places in the world, the mystery of which still puzzles researchers. The city of Teotihuacan, once home to some 200,000 people, is one of the most extraordinary places on earth.
It is known for most of the architecturally significant Mesoamerican pyramids built in pre-Columbian America.
The ancient site houses several important structures: the Temple of Quetzalcoatl, the Pyramid of the Moon, and the Pyramid of the Sun.
Over the years, strange artifacts and ruins of previous civilizations have been excavated at this site. But the discovery of hundreds of gold-colored balls is still the most unusual.
It is not known who built Teotihuacan and why it was mysteriously abandoned in 700 AD.
But it is assumed that the city was founded a thousand years before the arrival of the Aztecs, who later gave the city a name meaning “a place where people become gods.”
It was one of the largest cities of its time. The mysterious civilization planned the city very well, building it systematically, adding roads, walls and complex structures.
Moreover, in 2003, archaeologists discovered a 100-meter tunnel with three main chambers under the Temple of Quetzalcoatl.
Archaeologists from the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History have unearthed hundreds of mysterious golden-colored metal balls that were buried in a secret chamber deep under the Temple of the Feathered Serpent for 1,800 years.
After several years of planning and excavation, the team sent a wireless robot called Tláloc II-TC under the temple.
He scanned the tunnels underground with infrared technology and found some 250 feet deep in a cave of mesmerizing golden orbs that were likely hidden by the Teotihuacans before they left the site.
The exact purpose of these orbs is still a mystery, but some archaeologists believe they were used for rituals.
“Spheres are very interesting objects, I’ve never seen anything like it in any other archaeological context.
Inside the balls are clay, and on the outside they are covered with something like gold packaging, which gives them the appearance of a “golden ball” or “sphere,” says Edwin Barnhart, archaeologist and director of the Center for Maya Studies.
Basically, the balls, ranging in diameter from 3.8 to 12 centimeters, were made of clay, but seemed to be made of metal due to a material called jarosite (formed when pyrite oxidizes), which gives it a pale copper-yellow hue, perfectly reminiscent of gold.
The cave wall was also covered in pyrite, giving it the appearance of a golden room. Therefore, archaeologists believe that these balls were part of some mysterious ritual and were used by rulers and priests.
Leading archaeologist Sergio Gomez said: “I think the tunnel was the centerpiece, the main element around which the rest of the ceremonial center was built.
It was the most sacred place. There is a strong possibility that in this place, in the central chamber, we can find the remains of those who ruled Teotihuacan.”
There is another theory that suggests that the placement of these orbs and other objects in the chamber may have resembled the Cosmos. Some archaeologists believe that the underground chamber may have illustrated the cosmos.
Author David Wilcock said: “These beautiful orbs made of yellow materials suggest that someone was illustrating the planets.”
The researchers believe that the Maya could have used these orbs to study Mars, and they could have helped them understand the night sky.
In 2015, a large amount of liquid mercury was found under the same Mexican pyramid. Theorists of ancient astronautics suggested that the presence of liquid mercury could be part of the propulsion system used by the Aztecs.
Gomez believes that the discovery of liquid mercury could be a reflection of the underworld, where the dead lived, possibly the remains of the kings of Teotihuacan.
UCLA anthropologist Rosemary Joyce said the Mesoamericans used cinnabar to create liquid mercury to decorate jade objects and apply it to the dead bodies of their royal families.
There are three other places in Central America where mercury has been found, but not on such a large scale as under the Temple of the Feathered Serpent.
However, all this is just speculation, but archaeologists are convinced that this was a groundbreaking discovery and another physical evidence of Maya scientific knowledge.
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