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Seventeenth-Century Tunnel in Mexico Preserves Pre-Contact Artwork
- azinman2 7y agoWhere are the Images?
- joveian 7y agoThere is one image at Mexico News Daily: https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/archaeologists-find-tunnel-with-pre-hispanic-images/ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/archaeologists-find-tunnel-... This is almost just blogspam except for the additional archology.org link at the end: https://www.archaeology.org/issues/138-1407/features/2173-mexico-city-aztec-buried-world https://www.archaeology.org/issues/138-1407/features/2173-me... IMO the link should be changed to the Mexico News Daily article.
- droithomme 7y agoHere's a good article explaining in detail these dike and other water control systems engineered by the Mexica. Really impressive. https://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/home/water-in-valley-of-mexico https://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/home/water-in-valley-of-... Also explains why Cortés destroyed them: it was to destroy their fresh water supply during a siege.