{"id":10263,"date":"2019-10-31T12:24:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T19:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=10263"},"modified":"2019-11-06T12:29:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T19:29:31","slug":"aztec-underground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2019\/10\/31\/aztec-underground\/","title":{"rendered":"Aztec Underground"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>from The Daily Express<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aztec breakthrough: Archaeologists discover shock tunnel world hidden beneath Mexico City<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered a secret Aztec tunnel world nestled below the busy streets of Mexico\u2019s capital city.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/search?s=Joel%20Day&amp;b=1\">JOE<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/search?s=Joel%20Day&amp;b=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"L DAY (opens in a new tab)\">L DAY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tunnels dicovered under Mexican Aztec city\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZY85XyN9EKc?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The ancient water tunnel is thought to have been built by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/biography.yourdictionary.com\/montezuma-i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Emperor Montezuma I<\/a>\u00a0in the 15th century. Inscriptions, carvings and paintings inside, as well as\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/1125630\/archaeology-aztec-civilisation-spanish-conquistadors-human-sacrifices-Zultepec-Tecoaque\" target=\"_blank\">the tunnel itself,<\/a>\u00a0are thought to be linked to the Empire\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/978596\/Aztecs-human-sacrifice-skulls-Mexico-Tenochtitlan-tzompantli-Templo-Mayor\" target=\"_blank\">god of water<\/a>\u00a0and fertility, Tlaloc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Announcing the discovery, the Mexican Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) revealed they had found the densely decorated tunnel in the city of Ecatepec de Morelos within the central state of Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several carvings out of rock were found inside, as well as chunks of statue thought to have unbounded archaeological value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to local media, researchers found 11 carved images on the wall of the tunnel, which measured 27.5ft long, as well as the remains of a wooden gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/1197419\/archaeology-latest-Aztec-mexico-tribe-history-mexico-city-scientists-underground-tunnel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"click to continue reading at Daily Express (opens in a new tab)\">click to continue reading at Daily Express<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from The Daily Express Aztec breakthrough: Archaeologists discover shock tunnel world hidden beneath Mexico City ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered a secret Aztec tunnel world nestled below the busy streets of Mexico\u2019s capital city. By\u00a0JOEL DAY The ancient water tunnel is thought to have been built by\u00a0Emperor Montezuma I\u00a0in the 15th century. Inscriptions, carvings and paintings inside, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}