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Mystery Cave Excavation Begins at Mexican Pyramid of the Sun

msnbc.msn.com — MEXICO CITY - Archaeologists are opening a cave sealed for more than 30 years deep beneath a Mexican pyramid to look for clues about the mysterious collapse of one of ancient civilization's largest cities. The soaring Teotihuacan stone pyramids, now a major tourist site about an hour outside Mexico City, were discovered by the ancient Aztecs.

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jpop, on 07/03/2008, -1/+16Just 30 years? I'm sure it's been looted of everything of possible value a long time before that...
- AmyVernon, on 07/03/2008, -0/+8in the article, it explains that the cave system was first discovered 30 years ago, then sealed up again. they're reopening it now to explore them... too cool.
  - jpop, on 07/04/2008, -2/+2Officially discovered. Not that it isn't cool, but I think it is going to be like Al Capone's vault.
  - easypie, on 07/04/2008, -1/+1You might find a skeleton inside the cave.
- HBNDonut, on 07/04/2008, -2/+3They're not going in to loot it. They're going in for research.
  - jpop, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1I meant looted by the many people before it was sealed up...
- 801NvizioN, on 07/04/2008, -10/+2It's looted.. it's Mexican.
  - jlburke, on 07/04/2008, -2/+5You're an idiot...you're from the USA
- LeeSoong, on 07/04/2008, -0/+6No, you have to press the 12 stones in the right sequence to open up the next level.
  
  Look out for the poison darts! Check for Traps and secret doors.
  - bosssmiley, on 07/04/2008, -0/+6"Give me the idol, I throw you the whip."
- DeFex, on 07/04/2008, -0/+5I wonder if it was sealed up because the DID find the reason for the downfall of the city, and it is still down there.
alapoet, on 07/03/2008, -1/+16Hope this one comes with follow-ups about what they discover!
- easypie, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1You hope too much
ironeus, on 08/01/2008, -1/+9awesome! let's see what they find!
- LeeSoong, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1a Queen, and her brood of face-hugger eggs . . .
dougvfr750, on 07/03/2008, -2/+10Just don't let Geraldo go in there
lucy22, on 07/04/2008, -2/+9I have toured some ruins in Mexico. It will be interesting to see what they find.
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- flyalot, on 07/04/2008, -4/+0Uhhh. No. Do just go to random forums to advertise yourself? Why don't you travel to some strictly muslim country and loudly advertise your gayness there?
proficient, on 07/04/2008, -4/+1I wonder what they will find in there as well.
- 801NvizioN, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3Bikes.
- LeeSoong, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Beholders and Mind Flayers held in deep sleep, until the seal is broken . . .
jmpeagle, on 07/04/2008, -0/+111. the original archaeologists are pretty much all dead
2. they resealed the tunnel (for what reason???)

almost sounds like the beginning to another sequel to the Mummy
- cdigioia, on 07/04/2008, -0/+92. they resealed the tunnel (for what reason???)
  
  Duhn duhn DUUUUHHN
  
  (probably there wasn't sufficient technology to explore it without too high a risk of destroying the find - similar to some sites in China)
  
  Or, a monster.
peetar, on 07/04/2008, -7/+0 Dubailand is being managed by Dubai Government's Dubai
801NvizioN, on 07/04/2008, -1/+2The real mystery behind this is the lack of bikes.
LeeSoong, on 07/04/2008, -6/+5The StarGate is buried in the lower chamber on the 6th sub-level.

But the ZPM is dead, no power left after the original builders evacuated the city
off world...
leejarratt, on 07/04/2008, -6/+1Or Al Gore's.
ThatDustyGuy, on 07/04/2008, -7/+2The pyramids really make me wonder if the ancient civilizations, like the Egyptians and the Aztecs, were in contact or were once one culture. Is there any connection between the two?

Or is the pyramid some sort of godly shape that's been passed down since evolution?
- Jetboy, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3Since evolution?
- imacoder, on 07/04/2008, -0/+9It is the simplest structure that will not fall down.
kevro, on 07/04/2008, -5/+3No, it just makes a lot of scents when you have to build against gravity.
N00F, on 07/04/2008, -4/+2Wait and see, the scientists find exactly why these people went extinct, *ZOMBIEZ*
They find grave sites. The corpses are infected with a virus. We can call it Aztec Rabies (now, go read World War Z by Max Brooks)
chewy5000, on 07/04/2008, -6/+1was it really 'discovered' by the Aztecs? Do you mean 'built'?
liuite, on 07/04/2008, -5/+4i am visualizing scenes from Alien vs Predator now
imacoder, on 07/04/2008, -5/+2"The soaring Teotihuacan stone pyramids [snip] were discovered by the ancient Aztecs around 1500, not long before the arrival of Spanish explorers to Mexico."

Isn't it always the people who are there now did it and forgot.
imacoder, on 07/04/2008, -4/+4It is the sphinx and it's supposed spaces below that interest me.
BluesFan, on 07/04/2008, -1/+1I hope they find something cool like another crystal skull...even cooler would be an alien crystal skull.

Show Indiana Jones up!
jjallday, on 07/04/2008, -2/+2There's a bar filled with vampire strippers on top of it. Robert Rodriguez directed a documentary about it way back in 1996 called From Dusk Til Dawn. Really riveting stuff.
meandnips, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1I've been to Teotihuacan, it was really amazing to see what the builders accomplished. I'll be interested to see what they discover (but I'm betting no alien skulls!)
Galvestonguru, on 07/08/2008, -0/+0I have visited this ancient ruins and they truely are amazing...I hope they make a grand discovery.
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