planning a reconstruction historical monument To ‘force’ Mexican archaeologists to cover up a fascinating find in Mexico City. But why are they behaving like this? How big is this discovery?
Well, this is a tunnel built centuries ago as part of the Albaradón de Acatepec (for the system) control the flood waterways and dikes). It also served to protect the historic city of Tenochtitlan from rising waters, as Mexican archaeologists have uncovered.
This city was the capital of the empire AztecWith an engineering thought to avoid the flood caused by torrential rains, however, the Spanish conquerors failed. The Albaradón and other systems were built/repaired in the early 18th century, after several floods that flooded the beginning of colonial Mexico City.
In 2019, Mexican archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), met A tunnel that preserved the cultures of that time. The tunnel, measuring only 8.4 meters, represents a small fragment of the Albaradón de Acatepec monument, which extends for more than four kilometres.
Mexican archaeologists say tunnel will be covered again
Although it was small, the team received eleven symbols, including a battle shield, a representation of raindrops, a bird’s head. “One of the aims of our project was to know the construction system of the road, which allowed us to prove that it does not have pre-Hispanic methods. But yes, semicircular arches and andesite stairs, lime and sand mortar, and a floor on top , along the main lines of stone and ash.” Researchers explained. “Everything has Roman and Spanish influence”, he concluded.
The intention was to expose the discovery to the public, so that people would have access to these Spanish and Aztec cultural elements, but this would not happen. As announced by INAH researchers, a lack of funding prevents the construction of systems to protect the tunnel from vandalism and other issues that can arise if there are no security measures in place at the exhibition.
However, not only will they fail to expose it, it will also be covered again so that no damage is done to it. According to Mexican archaeologists, the economic impact of the pandemic was overwhelming on this decision! Mexico is also one of the countries that was badly affected by COVID-19, where more than 240,000 people have died and the line of infection is becoming a matter of concern.
Let everything be resolved as soon as possible, but unfortunately no one will be able to see the tunnel discovered by our ‘Hermanos’!
with information from science alert.
