Aztec pyramid ruins found in Mexico City


	Aztec pyramid ruins found in Mexico City

dorine

8-2-2007 12:08 PM

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archaeology, mexico, aztec, science

dorine says:

What an exciting time to be alive with all these new discoveries every day!

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8-3-2007 2:04 AM

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it is exciting!

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       General view of makeshift homes residents in Iztapalapa district in Mexico City March 30, 2007....  </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070801/sc_nm/mexico_pyramid_dc"><P>
                        MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - 
Archeologists have discovered what
they think are ruins of an Aztec pyramid razed by vengeful
Spanish conquerors in what is now one of <SPAN id="lw_1186041994_0">Mexico City</SPAN>'s most
crime-ridden districts.                        
                        </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070801/sc_nm/mexico_pyramid_dc"><P>Construction workers unearthed ancient walls in the busy
Iztapalapa neighborhood in June, and government archeologists
said on Wednesday they believe they may be part of the main
pyramid of the Aztec city, destroyed by <SPAN id="lw_1186041994_1">conquistador Hernan
Cortes</SPAN> in the 16th century.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070801/sc_nm/mexico_pyramid_dc"><P>Iztapalapa, now infamous for violent crime and drug
dealing, has grown into a sprawling, poor district of the
capital, obscuring the ruins.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070801/sc_nm/mexico_pyramid_dc"><P>Iztapalapa's ruler, Cuitlahuac, nearly annihilated Cortes
and his Spanish troops in 1520 in what became known as the Sad
Night. After eventual victory, Cortes destroyed the city.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070801/sc_nm/mexico_pyramid_dc">Mexico City is littered with pre-Hispanic ruins.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/37CB11F0-3E0E-42BA-A4EB-D270C88D012A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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