Ten ancient cone-shaped tombs have been unearthed just a stone’s throw from a busy street in central Mexico City, officials said.
Basement The animal was discovered along Constituciontes Avenue, which runs parallel to the Chapultepec Forest, a vast park in Mexico’s capital, according to a Nov. 24 news release from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH).
The photo shows circular, tapering rooms clustered in rows in a grove of trees near the road.
The tomb is about 7 feet wide and is thought to be about 3,000 years old, long before Europeans arrived in the area, authorities said. These represent a specific type of funerary architecture found in other regions of Mexico.
They were probably built by inhabitants of large villages that existed during the early and middle Preclassic period, which spanned from 2500 to 400 BC.
During the Preclassic period, many villages transformed into large cities, the most notable of which were TeotihuacanAccording to a 2017 study published in the Journal of Anthropology and Archeology, it became Mexico City.
Officials said skeletal remains believed to be those of four women and one man were found in five graves.
In addition to the bones, archaeologists found artifacts such as tools, cups and a small number of female figurines, all evidence of complex social practices.
Archeology coordinator María de Lourdes López Camacho said the fact that the soil and the tombs contained within it had been preserved for 3,000 years was “amazing”.
Officials said the artifacts were transferred to the National History Museum for further analysis.
Google Translate was used to translate the news release from INAH.
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