Maria Flores, an archaeologist working on the excavation of a pre-Hispanic structure in Mexico City, Mexico, Wednesday, April 5, 2006. Archeologists said they have discovered a massive 6th-century Indian pyramid beneath the site of a centuries-old re-enactment of the crucifixion of Christ. Built on a hillside by the mysterious Teotihuacan culture, the pyramid was abandoned almost 1,000 years before Catholics began re-enacting the Crucifixion there in the 1800s, unaware they were celebrating one of the holiest moments of their faith on a site originally dedicated to gods of earth, wind and rain. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Thursday, April 6, 2006
Ancient Pyramid Discovered in Mexico
Maria Flores, an archaeologist working on the excavation of a pre-Hispanic structure in Mexico City, Mexico, Wednesday, April 5, 2006. Archeologists said they have discovered a massive 6th-century Indian pyramid beneath the site of a centuries-old re-enactment of the crucifixion of Christ. Built on a hillside by the mysterious Teotihuacan culture, the pyramid was abandoned almost 1,000 years before Catholics began re-enacting the Crucifixion there in the 1800s, unaware they were celebrating one of the holiest moments of their faith on a site originally dedicated to gods of earth, wind and rain. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
