“The discovery confirms that the residents of Teotihuacan reproduce the same image in their huge temples, its function is to simulate the underworld,” — said the archaeologist of the National Institute of anthropology and history (Mexico) Veronica Ortega.
The tunnel is at a depth of about ten meters below the base of the pyramid of the moon. Archaeologists believe that it was covered in ancient times.
The heyday of the city-state of Teotihuacan occurred in the period between 250-600 years BC when it was inhabited by over 200 thousand people. By the time of emergence in the territory of the Aztecs, around the XIV century it was abandoned by the locals. Archaeologists still have not found any remains of the elite of Teotihuacan, who reigned prior to joining the city of the Aztecs. The reason for the decline of the ancient state is also unknown.
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