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Unexpected Materials Discovered Inside an Ancient Mexican Pyramid
Credit: Wally GobetzIntriguing discoveries within subterranean chambers beneath Mexico’s ancient Pyramid of Quetzalcoatl have reignited speculation about the structure’s original purpose.
Located in the ancient city of Teotihuacan, built roughly 1800-1900 years ago, this Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent has long been a focal point of various theories, including the notion that it served as an ancient power source.
Previously, researchers found liquid mercury filling chambers at the end of a 100-meter-plus underground tunnel, leading some to believe the vanished Teotihuacan civilization considered the temple a gateway to the supernatural.
Mexican researcher Sergio Gomez proposed that the reflective nature of mercury, akin to water and mirrors, led the ancient inhabitants to use these pools as portals to the divine or underworld, possibly for a Mesoamerican ruler.
Despite the decade since the tunnel’s discovery, interest remains high. A more unconventional theory gaining traction among conspiracy theorists suggests the pyramid housed advanced technology, with the mercury and mica findings being remnants of this sophisticated system.
Significantly, along with the liquid mercury, sheets of mica, a lustrous silicate mineral known for its insulating properties, were also unearthed within the pyramid.
Gomez’s team initially interpreted these materials as part of an elaborate ritual. However, this explanation has not dissuaded those who propose that the combined materials formed essential components of a power-generating device within the structure.
The presence of liquid mercury is exceptionally rare in ancient structures, with the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor in China being the only other known pyramid containing it. Prior to the Teotihuacan discovery, only trace amounts of liquid mercury had been found at a few Olmec and Mayan sites in Mesoamerica.
Mica, on the other hand, has been found throughout Teotihuacan, with significant quantities located in the Pyramid of the Sun and the tunnel beneath the Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent.
Annabeth Hedrick, a Mesoamerican cultures specialist at the University of Denver, notes the ritualistic significance of reflective materials: “Mirrors were seen as a way to look into the supernatural world, they were a way to predict what might happen in the future. Many ritual objects were made reflective using mica.”
Adding to the mystery is the distant origin of the mica, with one of the primary sources near Teotihuacan being in Brazil, approximately 4,500 miles away.
Furthermore, liquid mercury’s absence in its natural state implies the Teotihuacan inhabitants undertook a complex and hazardous process to extract it from cinnabar, a mercury sulfide ore, through heating and then faced the challenge of transporting the toxic liquid into the pyramid’s depths.
Conspiracy theorists also point to the lack of a identified ruler of Teotihuacan and the absence of a royal burial chamber within the city.
This absence fuels their speculation that the mica and mercury were components of an early mechanical energy device, constructed centuries before the invention of the first power plant.
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