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Mexican archaeologists have discovered a tunnel and a room under the pyramid of the moon in the ancient city of Teotihuacán.
Researchers from the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico (INAH) and the Institute of Geophysics of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) have spotted the hidden spaces on the famous site near Mexico City .
With a diameter of 15 m, experts believe that the room could have been used as a ritual space for funerals.
The Aztec city of Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City) was a macabre site where human sacrifices were made to honor the gods.
The hidden hall and its tunnel could be related to the concept of the underworld of ancient culture, said archaeologists in a statement.
The chamber and tunnel have been discovered through electric resistance technology in 2017, but the results of the study have just been announced.
Human skeletons have been discovered in other tunnels unearthed at the moon's pyramid, suggesting that similar remains may be found inside the newly discovered tunnel.
Located in the southern part of Teotihuacan's Moon Square, the tunnel is the latest discovery that sheds new light on Mexico's history. An ancient mask representing a Mayan king of the 7th century, for example, was recently discovered in southern Mexico.
A vast array of skulls buried under the streets of the modern city of Mexico also reveals the macabre details of Aztec human sacrifice.
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