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Narrator:
TEOTIHUACáN, MEXICO --
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A 2,000-YEAR-OLD MEGACITY
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BUILT AROUND ONE OF THE LARGEST
PYRAMIDS ON THE PLANET.
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TEOTIHUACáN
IS REMARKABLE AND UNIQUE.
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THE SCALE OF IT,
ITS DEGREE OF PLANNING
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ARE REALLY PHENOMENAL.
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Narrator: TODAY,
TEAMS ARE INVESTIGATING
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INSIDE THE CITY'S MANY PYRAMIDS,
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REVEALING
GRUESOME DISCOVERIES...
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WE THINK THEY ARE BURIED ALIVE.
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Narrator: ...AND UNEARTHING
HIDDEN TREASURES.
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[ CONVERSING IN SPANISH ]
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Narrator: BUT WHAT WERE
THESE MASSIVE PYRAMIDS FOR?
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WHO BUILT THEM?
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AND WHY WAS
THIS ONCE-GREAT CITY ABANDONED
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JUST 900 YEARS
AFTER IT WAS BUILT?
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BLOWING THE PYRAMIDS APART,
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WE'LL REVEAL THE HIDDEN CLUES
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INSIDE THESE ANCIENT WONDERS --
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THEIR SECRET TUNNELS
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AND SACRIFICIAL BURIAL CHAMBERS,
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EXPOSING THE DARK SECRETS
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AT THE HEART
OF THIS MYSTERIOUS CITY.
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THE ANCIENT CITY
OF TEOTIHUACáN --
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AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL GEM
IN THE HEART OF MEXICO.
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INCREDIBLY, THIS SINGLE SITE WAS
ONCE HOME TO 100,000 PEOPLE.
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GIANT PYRAMIDS TOWER
OVER THE CITY CENTER,
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LINED UP ALONG A CENTRAL AVENUE.
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THE REMAINS OF GOVERNMENT
BUILDINGS SIT ALONGSIDE,
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SURROUNDED BY THE HOMES
OF THE ELITE.
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AND IN THE FIELDS BEYOND
LIES EVIDENCE OF ANCIENT SUBURBS
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THAT STRETCH OUT FOR MILES.
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THIS SPRAWLING METROPOLIS
WAS BUILT 1,000 YEARS
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BEFORE THE ANCIENT AZTECS
ROSE UP.
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BUT NOBODY KNOWS FOR SURE
WHO THE TEOTIHUACáNO WERE
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OR WHY,
JUST 900 YEARS LATER,
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THIS CIVILIZATION
SEEMINGLY VANISHED.
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TEOTIHUACáN WAS THE BIGGEST CITY
IN THE AMERICAS
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IN THE FIRST HALF
OF THE FIRST MILLENNIUM.
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BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT
WE HAVE TO LEARN
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ABOUT THE TEOTIHUACáNOS.
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Narrator: TODAY,
TEAMS OF ARCHAEOLOGISTS
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USE ADVANCED SCANNING
AND FORENSIC TECHNOLOGIES
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TO REVEAL HIDDEN CLUES
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AND UNEARTH
TEOTIHUACáN'S DEEPEST SECRETS.
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DAVID CARBALLO HAS BEEN STUDYING
THIS ANCIENT CIVILIZATION
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FOR 18 YEARS.
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HE BELIEVES THE BEST WAY
TO UNDERSTAND
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WHO THE TEOTIHUACáNO WERE
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IS TO EXPLORE
THE CITY'S RITUAL LANDSCAPE
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THAT FLANKS ITS MAIN ROAD --
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THE STREET OF THE DEAD.
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Carballo: YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE,
BACK IN CLASSIC PERIOD TIMES --
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1,500 YEARS AGO OR SO --
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THERE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE
BEEN PEOPLE GATHERED
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IN THE STREET OF THE DEAD,
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AND FROM JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE
IN THE CITY,
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YOU COULD SEE RITUALS.
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Narrator: THE MOST IMPORTANT
RITUAL STRUCTURES ON THE STREET
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ARE TEOTIHUACáN'S
THREE MASSIVE PYRAMIDS.
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THE LARGEST IS ALSO THE OLDEST.
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THE ANCIENT MEXICANS
BUILT THIS VAST SHRINE
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AROUND THE TIME JESUS WAS ALIVE,
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AND SOME BELIEVE
THEY DEDICATED IT TO THE SUN.
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THE PYRAMID OF THE SUN
IS A MAN-MADE MOUNTAIN
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CLAD IN A LAYER
OF CEMENT AND STONE
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WHICH GIVES SHAPE
TO ITS ROUGH HEART.
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MILLIONS OF TONS
OF EARTH AND SAND
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PILE UP LAYER UPON LAYER.
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ON THE OUTSIDE,
248 CUT STONE STEPS
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LEAD ALL THE WAY
TO ITS TOWERING PEAK
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OVER 200 FEET ABOVE THE CITY.
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THE SHEER SCALE
OF THIS STONE GOLIATH
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SHOWS JUST HOW IMPORTANT
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RELIGION WAS
TO THE MYSTERIOUS CIVILIZATION
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THAT FOUNDED THIS CITY.
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DAVID BELIEVES
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THE ANCIENT MEXICAN PRIESTS
CLIMBED THE PYRAMID
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AT KEY TIMES
IN THE CELESTIAL CALENDAR
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SO THEY COULD BE CLOSER
TO THEIR SUN GOD.
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Carballo: SO, WE ARE NOW AT
THE SUMMIT OF THE SUN PYRAMID.
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WE'RE ON TOP OF THE WORLD,
AS FAR AS THAT GOES,
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RIGHT HERE
IN THE TEOTIHUACáN VALLEY.
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THE SUN PYRAMID WOULD HAVE BEEN
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ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR
MONUMENTS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.
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WE HAVE A LOT OF IMAGERY
THAT'S SUGGESTIVE
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OF FIRE RITUALS HAPPENING
IN THE SUN PYRAMID --
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THE SORTS OF RITUALS
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WHICH WOULD NOT ONLY
COMMEMORATE BIG CALENDAR ENDINGS
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BUT ALSO SOME SORT
OF ACCESSION-TO-OFFICE EVENTS.
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SO, IT WOULD BE A REAL PLACE
OF SPECTACLE AND POMP.
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Narrator:
THE EARLIEST TEOTIHUACáNO
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NEEDED HEIGHT
TO WORSHIP THEIR GOD,
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BUT, SURPRISINGLY,
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THE PYRAMIDS BUILT
BY LATER GENERATIONS
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WERE RELATIVELY SHORT.
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WHY?
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DAVID BELIEVES
THAT THE TEOTIHUACáNO
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WERE A CIVILIZATION CAPABLE
OF SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL CHANGE,
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INCLUDING THE INVENTION
OF A NEW CULT
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TO WORSHIP A DIFFERENT GOD.
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Carballo:
THIS IS THE FEATHERED SERPENT,
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WHICH GIVES THE PYRAMID
ITS NAME.
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YOU CAN SEE THE RATTLE ELEMENTS,
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TELLING YOU THAT
THIS IS A RATTLE SNAKE,
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AND THEN ALSO THE FEATHERED
ELEMENTS ON THE BODY,
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THAT THIS IS
THE FEATHERED SERPENT.
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Narrator:
THE TEOTIHUACáNO CAME TO BELIEVE
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THAT THE FEATHERED SERPENT
CREATED THE WORLD.
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AND IN 200 A.D., TO HONOR
THEIR NEWLY-ELEVATED GOD,
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THEY CONSTRUCTED A WORK
OF UNSURPASSED COMPLEXITY.
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Carballo: TEOTIHUACáN
IS THE ORIGINS OF THIS GOD,
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AT LEAST AS A PRIMARY GOD,
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WHO COMPLETELY
DECORATED A PYRAMID.
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AND WHAT IT REALLY REPRESENTS
IS A NEW EFFORT
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ON PART OF THE TEOTIHUACáN
TO HIGHLIGHT THIS GOD.
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Narrator:
THE OUTSIDE OF THE FEATHERED
SERPENT PYRAMID IS STUNNING,
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BUT IT'S THE INSIDE THAT
TRULY TAKES THE BREATH AWAY.
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INSTEAD OF A SIMPLE PILE OF MUD,
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THE CORE OF THIS BUILDING
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IS A COMPLEX, MAN-MADE HONEYCOMB
OF ROCK AND MORTAR.
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FIVE DISTINCT LAYERS
OF CONSTRUCTION
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ARE BOUND BY THICK WALLS.
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RUBBLE FILLS THE SPACES BETWEEN,
CREATING MODULAR CELLS.
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THEY COME TOGETHER TO MAKE HUGE,
SOLID BUILDING BLOCKS.
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THIS ADVANCED DESIGN SUGGESTS
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THE TEOTIHUACáNO'S
BUILDING SKILLS WERE EVOLVING
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IN STEP
WITH THEIR CHANGING RELIGION.
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BUT WHY DID THEY CREATE
SUCH COMPLEXITY
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IN A PART OF THE PYRAMID
THAT WOULD NEVER BE SEEN?
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DAVID BELIEVES THE REASONS
WERE PRACTICAL, NOT CEREMONIAL.
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THE GEOMETRIC DESIGN
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MADE THE CORE OF THE PYRAMID
SUPER STRONG.
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THE ANCIENT MEXICANS
COULD THEN CEMENT
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OVER 400 GIANT, CARVED HEADS
TO THE OUTSIDE
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WITHOUT THE WHOLE STRUCTURE
COLLAPSING.
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Carballo:
THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL SCULPTURES,
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AND THE FACT THAT
THERE ARE SO MANY OF THEM
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ON ALL FOUR FACADES
OF THIS BUILDING
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ATTEST TO THE IMMENSE AMOUNT
OF LABOR
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THAT WENT INTO CONSTRUCTING
THIS MONUMENT.
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Narrator:
THE FEATHERED SERPENT PYRAMID
DISPLAYS PRECISION ENGINEERING.
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TO BUILD
THIS COMPLEX MODULAR DESIGN,
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THE TEOTIHUACáNO HAD TO CREATE
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A COMPLETELY NEW WAY
OF CONSTRUCTING THEIR PYRAMIDS,
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USING FOUR DISTINCT
BUILDING MATERIALS.
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THE FIRST MATERIAL
WAS WOODEN POSTS,
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USED TO MARK OUT
A PRECISELY ALIGNED GRID
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AND CREATE A STURDY SCAFFOLD.
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THEN THEY CLAD
THIS WOODEN SKELETON
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WITH MUD, MORTAR,
AND VOLCANIC STONE
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TO BUILD A HONEYCOMB
OF STRONG STRUCTURAL WALLS.
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THEY PACKED THE CELLS
WITH MORE VOLCANIC ROCK --
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SUPER STRONG,
BUT TOO ROUGH TO BE USED
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ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
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FINALLY, THE RESERVED
THEIR FINEST MATERIAL
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FOR THE EXTERIOR --
HIGH-QUALITY SLABS OF STONE
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DECORATED
WITH ELABORATE SCULPTURES.
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THIS NEW RELIGION
OF THE FEATHERED SERPENT
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WAS GROUND-BREAKING
AND INCREDIBLY SIGNIFICANT,
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GOING ON TO INFLUENCE
BOTH THE MAYAN
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AND AZTEC CIVILIZATIONS.
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IT IS AT TEOTIHUACáN
WHERE WE SEE THE MAJOR ORIGINS
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OF THIS CULT TO THIS DEITY,
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WHO THEN BECOMES IMPORTANT
WITHIN MESOAMERICA.
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Narrator: INVIGORATED
BY THEIR NEW RELIGION,
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THE TEOTIHUACáNO PUT
THEIR ADVANCED BUILDING SKILLS
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TO GOOD USE.
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THEY PROVIDED
THEIR GROWING POPULATION
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WITH A PERFECTLY GEOMETRICAL
CITY GRID
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OF BUILDINGS AND HOMES.
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AND DEEP BELOW THE PYRAMIDS,
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ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE ALSO
DISCOVERED SECRET TUNNELS.
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COULD THESE BE EVIDENCE
OF A BLOODY RITUAL PRACTICE?
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Narrator: IN MEXICO,
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INVESTIGATORS
ARE UNRAVELING THE SECRETS
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OF A 2,000-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY --
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WHY WAS THE ANCIENT PYRAMID CITY
OF TEOTIHUACáN BUILT?
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ARCHAEOLOGIST
SERGIO GóMEZ CHáVEZ
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IS SEARCHING THE CITY'S
GIANT PYRAMIDS FOR CLUES.
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HE BELIEVES ONE KEY
IS TO UNDERSTAND
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HOW THEY WERE USED.
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[ GóMEZ CHáVEZ
SPEAKING SPANISH ]
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Narrator: THE LARGEST PYRAMID
IN TEOTIHUACáN
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HIDES A SURPRISING SECRET.
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DIRECTLY BENEATH
THE PYRAMID OF THE SUN,
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ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNEARTHED
A TUNNEL IN THE BEDROCK.
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FIRST, THEY THOUGHT
IT WAS A NATURAL CAVE,
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UNTIL THEY HIT
A CARVED-OUT CHAMBER
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AND BEYOND IT, THE REMNANTS
OF 17 THICK, MAN-MADE WALLS
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BUILT TO BLOCK ACCESS
TO THE TUNNEL.
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AT THE VERY END OF THE TUNNEL,
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THEY FOUND AN ELABORATE CHAMBER
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CARVED IN THE SHAPE OF A CLOVER.
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WHATEVER THIS SUBTERRANEAN VAULT
WAS DESIGNED TO HOLD,
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IT WAS MEANT TO BE LOCKED AWAY
FOR ETERNITY,
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BURIED UNDER
MILLIONS OF TONS OF ROCK.
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NOW THE TUNNEL LIES EMPTY.
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ANCIENT ROBBERS MOST LIKELY
STRIPPED IT BARE
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HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO.
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BUT THE DISCOVERY
UNDER THE SUN PYRAMID
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WAS JUST THE BEGINNING.
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[ GATE CREAKS ]
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HOLA.
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TODAY,
SERGIO IS EXPLORING A TUNNEL
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HE'S RECENTLY UNCOVERED
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UNDER
THE FEATHERED SERPENT PYRAMID.
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THIS TIME, THE TUNNEL APPEARS
UNTOUCHED BY THIEVES.
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SERGIO AND HIS TEAM
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HAVE HAD TO REMOVE
1,000 TONS OF SOIL.
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IT WAS PROBABLY PUT THERE
BY THE TEOTIHUACáNO
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TO SEAL THE TUNNEL.
220
00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:30,667
BUT THE EFFORT
HAS BEEN WORTH IT,
221
00:12:30,700 --> 00:12:32,067
BECAUSE, UNDER THE DEBRIS,
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HE'S FOUND A TREASURE TROVE
OF ANCIENT ARTIFACTS.
223
00:12:46,067 --> 00:12:48,800
TODAY, THE TEAM
IS CAREFULLY REMOVING SOIL
224
00:12:48,833 --> 00:12:51,533
FROM TWO ANCIENT POTS.
225
00:13:05,367 --> 00:13:08,067
AFTER 2,000 YEARS IN SOIL,
226
00:13:08,100 --> 00:13:12,300
THE CERAMIC
IS INCREDIBLY FRAGILE.
227
00:13:18,067 --> 00:13:19,967
SERGIO HAS ALREADY UNCOVERED
228
00:13:20,067 --> 00:13:23,733
THOUSANDS OF ARTIFACTS
LIKE THIS ONE.
229
00:13:23,767 --> 00:13:26,433
MARKS ON THE POTS
OFFER TANTALIZING HINTS
230
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OF HOW THEY WERE CARRIED.
231
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[ CONVERSING IN SPANISH ]
232
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Narrator: SERGIO BELIEVES
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THAT ALL THESE RARE OBJECTS
ARE OFFERINGS TO THE GODS.
234
00:13:43,733 --> 00:13:45,633
BUT WAS THIS TUNNEL A TOMB --
235
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LIKE THOSE INSIDE
THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS --
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OR A SHRINE?
237
00:13:52,467 --> 00:13:57,933
SO FAR, SERGIO HAS FOUND
NO EVIDENCE OF HUMAN BURIALS.
238
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AND DARK MARKS
AT THE VERY END OF THE TUNNEL
239
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SUGGEST THIS APPARENT DEAD-END
240
00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:04,533
LOOKED VERY DIFFERENT
IN THE PAST.
241
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THE FIRST SECTION OF THE TUNNEL
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RUNS NEARLY 50 FEET
UNDER THE PYRAMID
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TO A CROSS-SHAPED CHAMBER
BENEATH THE STEPS.
245
00:14:19,333 --> 00:14:22,667
BUT THEN IT CUTS DOWN AGAIN,
INTO THE BEDROCK,
246
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TOWARDS THE CENTER
OF THE PYRAMID,
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AND OPENS OUT INTO
A SECOND, MUCH DEEPER CHAMBER.
248
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SERGIO BELIEVES
THE MARKS REVEAL
249
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THIS CHAMBER
WAS ONCE FILLED WITH WATER,
250
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MAKING IT A RELIGIOUS SHRINE,
251
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A GATEWAY TO THE GODS
OF THE UNDERWORLD.
252
00:15:01,433 --> 00:15:06,300
TODAY, THE WATER TABLE
IS OVER 50 FEET BELOW GROUND.
253
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2,000 YEARS AGO,
IT WAS MUCH HIGHER,
254
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FILLING THE FINAL CHAMBER
WITH WATER,
255
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FORMING A SUBTERRANEAN LAKE --
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A REPLICA
OF THE MYTHICAL UNDERWORLD --
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WHERE THE TEOTIHUACáNO WOULD
MAKE OFFERINGS TO THE GODS.
258
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THE ANCIENT MEXICANS
259
00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:53,700
EVEN PLACED FOOL'S GOLD
IN THE WALLS OF THE TUNNEL,
260
00:15:53,733 --> 00:15:55,333
WHICH RE-CREATED THE NIGHT SKY
261
00:15:55,367 --> 00:15:57,500
WHEN THEY PASSED
WITH THEIR TORCHES.
262
00:16:04,067 --> 00:16:05,633
TUNNELS UNDER THE PYRAMIDS
263
00:16:05,667 --> 00:16:07,100
HAVE TAUGHT HISTORIANS MUCH
264
00:16:07,133 --> 00:16:10,900
ABOUT THE RELIGION
OF THE TEOTIHUACáNO
265
00:16:10,933 --> 00:16:13,933
AND PERHAPS WHY
THE PYRAMIDS WERE BUILT.
266
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BUT HIGH ABOVE THE TUNNELS,
267
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EXCAVATIONS INTO THE MAIN BODY
OF THE PYRAMIDS
268
00:16:22,267 --> 00:16:26,833
HAVE REVEALED A DARKER SECRET --
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HUMAN REMAINS.
270
00:16:29,700 --> 00:16:31,733
WHO WERE THESE PEOPLE,
271
00:16:31,767 --> 00:16:36,267
AND COULD THEY BE PROOF
OF RITUAL SACRIFICE?
272
00:16:43,100 --> 00:16:44,567
*
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Narrator: ARCHAEOLOGISTS AT
MEXICO'S LARGEST ANCIENT CITY
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ARE SLOWLY ASSEMBLING THE PIECES
OF A MONSTER PUZZLE.
275
00:16:54,233 --> 00:16:55,900
THE ONCE-POWERFUL CIVILIZATION
276
00:16:55,933 --> 00:16:59,133
THAT BUILT
THESE 2,000-YEAR-OLD PYRAMIDS
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00:16:59,167 --> 00:17:02,133
DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE.
278
00:17:02,167 --> 00:17:07,533
THEY LEFT LITTLE EVIDENCE OF WHO
THEY WERE AND HOW THEY LIVED.
279
00:17:07,567 --> 00:17:11,300
ANTHROPOLOGIST SABURO SUGIYAMA
IS EXAMINING BONES
280
00:17:11,333 --> 00:17:15,667
UNEARTHED FROM
THE ANCIENT CITY OF TEOTIHUACáN.
281
00:17:26,333 --> 00:17:28,267
SABURO BELIEVES THESE BONES
282
00:17:28,300 --> 00:17:32,100
MAY BE EVIDENCE
OF GRUESOME HUMAN SACRIFICE.
283
00:17:32,133 --> 00:17:37,067
THE BIGGEST CLUE COMES
FROM HOW THESE BONES WERE FOUND.
284
00:17:37,067 --> 00:17:38,900
ARCHAEOLOGISTS
STUMBLED ACROSS THEM
285
00:17:38,933 --> 00:17:42,633
WHILE TUNNELING DEEP INSIDE
THE BODY OF THE PYRAMIDS.
286
00:17:45,100 --> 00:17:47,833
WITHIN
THE FEATHERED SERPENT PYRAMID,
287
00:17:47,867 --> 00:17:52,967
INSIDE THE CENTRAL CELL,
IS A DARK SECRET --
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00:17:53,067 --> 00:17:56,700
20 SKELETONS,
ALMOST COMPLETELY INTACT,
289
00:17:56,733 --> 00:18:02,067
CAREFULLY ARRANGED IN WHAT
LOOKS LIKE A SYMBOLIC PATTERN.
290
00:18:02,100 --> 00:18:05,133
AND THEY'RE NOT ALONE.
291
00:18:05,167 --> 00:18:08,067
IN TOTAL, OVER 260 BODIES
292
00:18:08,100 --> 00:18:12,633
ARE BUILT INTO THE FABRIC
AND FOUNDATION OF THE BUILDING.
293
00:18:12,667 --> 00:18:16,400
THE PYRAMID IS A MASS GRAVE.
294
00:18:16,433 --> 00:18:19,967
A TRULY GRUESOME FIND.
295
00:18:20,067 --> 00:18:22,433
BUT THE DEAD
CAN YIELD VALUABLE CLUES
296
00:18:22,467 --> 00:18:26,400
TO THE CIVILIZATION
THAT LIVED HERE 2,000 YEARS AGO.
297
00:18:26,433 --> 00:18:29,467
*
298
00:18:32,867 --> 00:18:38,333
WHO WERE THESE PEOPLE
BUILT INTO THE PYRAMID?
299
00:18:38,367 --> 00:18:43,400
SABURO HUNTS FOR TELLTALE TRACES
AMONG THE BONES.
300
00:19:06,700 --> 00:19:10,867
SABURO BELIEVES THE JAW-BONE
NECKLACE IS A WAR TROPHY...
301
00:19:12,700 --> 00:19:16,500
...AND MARKS THE MAN
AS A SOLDIER.
302
00:19:16,533 --> 00:19:20,500
THE SKELETON WAS FOUND
WITH A FURTHER 89 SOLDIERS
303
00:19:20,533 --> 00:19:24,500
SPLIT UP INTO GROUPS OF 18.
304
00:19:24,533 --> 00:19:27,067
AND THERE'S MORE.
305
00:19:29,167 --> 00:19:30,700
AT THE CENTER OF THE PYRAMID
306
00:19:30,733 --> 00:19:34,600
LIE THE 20
CAREFULLY ARRANGED BODIES.
307
00:19:34,633 --> 00:19:36,967
THEY ARE SURROUNDED
BY PRECIOUS POSSESSIONS,
308
00:19:37,067 --> 00:19:40,233
SUGGESTING THEY WERE MEMBERS
OF THE SOCIAL ELITE.
309
00:19:40,267 --> 00:19:42,467
IN LONG TRENCHES ON EITHER SIDE
310
00:19:42,500 --> 00:19:45,100
LIE TWO ROWS OF 18 SOLDIERS
311
00:19:45,133 --> 00:19:48,267
FLANKED BY ROWS OF EIGHT WOMEN.
312
00:19:51,367 --> 00:19:55,633
THE PATTERN REPEATS AROUND
THE EDGE OF THE PYRAMID --
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00:19:55,667 --> 00:20:00,833
ROWS OF NECKLACED SOLDIERS,
BORDERED BY ROWS OF WOMEN.
314
00:20:00,867 --> 00:20:02,467
A CROSS-SECTION OF SOCIETY
315
00:20:02,500 --> 00:20:06,300
ENTOMBED IN WHAT LOOKS
LIKE A SACRED SYMMETRY.
316
00:20:06,333 --> 00:20:08,133
BUT IS THIS SIMPLY A GRAVEYARD,
317
00:20:08,167 --> 00:20:11,667
OR WERE THESE PEOPLE
CEREMONIALLY MURDERED?
318
00:20:13,333 --> 00:20:16,300
SABURO SEARCHES THE BONES
FOR EVIDENCE
319
00:20:16,333 --> 00:20:19,500
OF HUMAN SACRIFICE
AT TEOTIHUACáN.
320
00:20:30,100 --> 00:20:33,300
INCISIONS ON THE JAW SHOW
THAT THE TEOTIHUACáNOS
321
00:20:33,333 --> 00:20:37,600
SLIT THE THROAT
OF THIS SACRIFICE.
322
00:20:37,633 --> 00:20:38,933
AND THERE'S EVIDENCE
323
00:20:38,967 --> 00:20:43,067
OF EVEN MORE GRUESOME
EXECUTION PRACTICES.
324
00:20:43,100 --> 00:20:46,900
SOME OF THESE VICTIMS
MAY HAVE BEEN BURIED ALIVE.
325
00:21:06,233 --> 00:21:09,800
260 PEOPLE IN TOTAL
WERE SACRIFICED
326
00:21:09,833 --> 00:21:12,667
TO BUILD
THE FEATHERED SERPENT PYRAMID.
327
00:21:12,700 --> 00:21:18,167
BUT WERE THESE PEOPLE LOCAL
OR OUTSIDERS?
328
00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:19,700
SABURO FINDS ANSWERS
329
00:21:19,733 --> 00:21:23,733
BY ANALYZING
THE BONES OF THE DEAD.
330
00:21:23,767 --> 00:21:25,233
THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES,
331
00:21:25,267 --> 00:21:28,100
THE WATER WE DRINK
IS LOCKED INSIDE THE CHEMISTRY
332
00:21:28,133 --> 00:21:31,233
OF OUR GROWING TEETH AND BONES.
333
00:21:31,267 --> 00:21:34,900
AND BECAUSE WATER ALTERS
FROM PLACE TO PLACE,
334
00:21:34,933 --> 00:21:37,567
SABURO CAN EXTRACT
THE ANCIENT CHEMICALS
335
00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:41,700
TO WORK OUT EXACTLY WHERE
THESE PEOPLE GREW UP AND LIVED.
336
00:22:02,633 --> 00:22:05,533
SOME OF
THE HIGH-STATUS SKELETONS
337
00:22:05,567 --> 00:22:10,267
SEEM TO BE FROM MICHOACáN,
250 MILES AWAY,
338
00:22:10,300 --> 00:22:12,433
THE SOLDIERS
WITH JAW-BONE NECKLACES
339
00:22:12,467 --> 00:22:16,867
FROM GUATEMALA,
900 MILES AWAY.
340
00:22:16,900 --> 00:22:20,167
SABURO BELIEVES THAT THESE
VICTIMS MAY HAVE BEEN SACRIFICED
341
00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:23,067
BECAUSE THEY WERE OUTSIDERS.
342
00:22:23,067 --> 00:22:28,133
SO, WHY WOULD ANYONE TRAVEL
UP TO 1,000 MILES TO TEOTIHUACáN
343
00:22:28,167 --> 00:22:30,200
WITH THE THREAT
OF BLOODY SACRIFICE
344
00:22:30,233 --> 00:22:31,567
WAITING FOR THEM?
345
00:22:49,833 --> 00:22:55,233
BUT WHAT WAS THE SOURCE
OF THIS CITY'S IMMENSE WEALTH?
346
00:22:55,267 --> 00:23:00,067
STRANGE ARTIFACTS ARRANGED
ALONGSIDE THE SACRIFICED
347
00:23:00,067 --> 00:23:02,600
COULD OFFER CLUES.
348
00:23:12,067 --> 00:23:16,067
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00:23:16,067 --> 00:23:17,933
Narrator: 2,000 YEARS AGO,
350
00:23:17,967 --> 00:23:23,533
MEXICO WAS HOME TO
A THRIVING, COSMOPOLITAN CITY.
351
00:23:23,567 --> 00:23:25,533
BUT WHERE DID
THE WEALTH COME FROM
352
00:23:25,567 --> 00:23:26,900
TO BUILD ITS PYRAMIDS
353
00:23:26,933 --> 00:23:28,933
AND VAST URBAN SPREAD?
354
00:23:31,733 --> 00:23:33,733
ARCHAEOLOGIST DAVID CARBALLO
355
00:23:33,767 --> 00:23:38,067
FINDS FRAGMENTS OF AN UNUSUAL
VOLCANIC GLASS CALLED OBSIDIAN
356
00:23:38,100 --> 00:23:40,667
ALL OVER THE CITY.
357
00:23:40,700 --> 00:23:43,467
TODAY, HE'S HUNTING DOWN
A LOCAL SOURCE
358
00:23:43,500 --> 00:23:45,933
FOR THIS RARE ROCK.
359
00:23:45,967 --> 00:23:49,867
IT HAS THIS BEAUTIFUL,
GOLDEN-GREEN HUE TO IT.
360
00:23:49,900 --> 00:23:52,367
IT'S A TREMENDOUS
VOLCANIC GLASS,
361
00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:56,167
AND THE TEOTIHUACáNOS USED IT
FOR MAKING TOOLS, WEAPONS.
362
00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:59,633
THIS WAS THEIR PRIMARY
CUTTING STONE.
363
00:23:59,667 --> 00:24:03,267
Narrator:
THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF OBSIDIAN
FOUND IN TEOTIHUACáN
364
00:24:03,300 --> 00:24:06,733
SUGGESTS IT WAS
A HUGELY IMPORTANT COMMODITY.
365
00:24:08,900 --> 00:24:11,967
BURIED WITHIN
THE FEATHERED SERPENT PYRAMID,
366
00:24:12,067 --> 00:24:15,867
ALONGSIDE THE HUNDREDS OF BODIES
SACRIFICED HERE,
367
00:24:15,900 --> 00:24:19,867
ARCHAEOLOGISTS FOUND
THOUSANDS OF OBSIDIAN OBJECTS --
368
00:24:19,900 --> 00:24:22,133
ARROW POINTS AND SPEARHEADS
369
00:24:22,167 --> 00:24:25,700
AND RAZOR-THIN BLADES.
370
00:24:25,733 --> 00:24:30,867
PERHAPS WORKMEN'S TOOLS,
BUT NONE SHOW ANY SIGNS OF USE.
371
00:24:30,900 --> 00:24:32,300
AND, AT THE CENTER,
372
00:24:32,333 --> 00:24:35,967
A COLLECTION
OF MYSTERIOUS FIGURINES.
373
00:24:36,067 --> 00:24:37,933
THESE OBSIDIAN PIECES
374
00:24:37,967 --> 00:24:40,233
WEREN'T THE PERSONAL POSSESSIONS
OF THE DEAD,
375
00:24:40,267 --> 00:24:45,067
BUT RITUAL ITEMS MADE ESPECIALLY
AS AN OFFERING --
376
00:24:45,100 --> 00:24:49,533
A CLUE THAT THIS CIVILIZATION
PRIZED OBSIDIAN ABOVE ALL ELSE.
377
00:24:55,267 --> 00:24:57,333
DAVID SUSPECTS
THE CITY'S ECONOMY
378
00:24:57,367 --> 00:25:00,067
WAS BOOSTED
BY A VAST LOCAL SUPPLY
379
00:25:00,067 --> 00:25:04,467
OF TOP-GRADE OBSIDIAN GLASS.
380
00:25:04,500 --> 00:25:06,667
HIS COLLEAGUE,
ALEJANDRO PASTRANA,
381
00:25:06,700 --> 00:25:09,300
IS TRACKING DOWN EVIDENCE
OF ANCIENT PASSAGES
382
00:25:09,333 --> 00:25:12,067
INSIDE
THIS MODERN OBSIDIAN MINE.
383
00:25:23,667 --> 00:25:25,900
Carballo:
SO, THESE WERE CARVED OUT
A LONG TIME AGO?
384
00:25:25,933 --> 00:25:27,067
Pastrana: YES.
385
00:25:27,100 --> 00:25:29,400
LIKE
IN TEOTIHUACáN TIMES?
386
00:25:29,433 --> 00:25:31,900
-IN TEOTIHUACáN TIMES.
-UH-HUH.
387
00:25:31,933 --> 00:25:34,733
ALEJANDRO GUIDES DAVID
TO AN OBSIDIAN SEAM
388
00:25:34,767 --> 00:25:38,100
HE BELIEVES WAS MINED
BY THE TEOTIHUACáNO.
389
00:25:47,133 --> 00:25:48,500
WOW,
THAT'S A GREAT PIECE.
390
00:25:48,533 --> 00:25:49,500
A BLOCK.
391
00:25:49,533 --> 00:25:51,167
YEAH, SO,
IT'S THAT GREEN-GOLD HUE,
392
00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:54,667
AND JUST LOOK
WHERE IT'S FRESHLY STRUCK.
393
00:25:54,700 --> 00:25:55,533
[ OBSIDIAN CLINKS ]
394
00:25:55,567 --> 00:25:56,667
PERFECT GLASS.
395
00:25:56,700 --> 00:25:59,500
CAN YOU FIND THIS QUALITY
ALL ACROSS MEXICO?
396
00:26:04,067 --> 00:26:07,167
MM-HMM. SO, THIS IS ONE
OF THE MAJOR SOURCES OF OBSIDIAN
397
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:08,233
FOR TEOTIHUACáN?
398
00:26:10,100 --> 00:26:12,500
DAVID BELIEVES
THE OBSIDIAN FOUND HERE
399
00:26:12,533 --> 00:26:15,900
PRODUCED THE FINEST BLADES
IN MESOAMERICA.
400
00:26:15,933 --> 00:26:20,767
THE TEOTIHUACáNO HAD
EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO THE SOURCE
401
00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:24,067
AND GREW RICH BY MINING
AND CRAFTING THE RARE GLASS
402
00:26:24,067 --> 00:26:26,200
INTO VALUABLE TOOLS FOR EXPORT.
403
00:26:39,833 --> 00:26:41,767
ONE, TWO...
404
00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:43,433
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
405
00:26:45,067 --> 00:26:48,233
Carballo: SO, THIS IS
VERY BRITTLE AND SHARP,
406
00:26:48,267 --> 00:26:51,233
AND YOU CAN SEE HOW CLEAN
THESE EDGES ARE.
407
00:26:52,567 --> 00:26:57,467
THE TEOTIHUACáNO USED ROCKS
TO TAP OBSIDIAN BLOCKS.
408
00:26:57,500 --> 00:27:00,500
GET THE ANGLES RIGHT,
AND THE GLASS FRACTURES OFF
409
00:27:00,533 --> 00:27:03,733
INTO SMALLER
AND SHARPER SECTIONS.
410
00:27:03,767 --> 00:27:06,200
AND, EVENTUALLY, YOU COULD
MAKE SOMETHING LIKE A KNIFE
411
00:27:06,233 --> 00:27:08,267
OR A REALLY LARGE SPEARPOINT
OUT OF THIS.
412
00:27:08,300 --> 00:27:11,067
[ OBSIDIAN CLINKS ]
413
00:27:11,100 --> 00:27:15,500
THIS IS THE SHARPEST EDGE
THAT YOU CAN GET IN NATURE.
414
00:27:15,533 --> 00:27:18,100
JUST CUTTING LEATHER
LIKE THAT.
415
00:27:18,133 --> 00:27:20,067
IT'S LIKE
A KNIFE THROUGH BUTTER.
416
00:27:20,067 --> 00:27:21,833
SO, THIS IS SHARPER
THAN SURGICAL STEEL.
417
00:27:23,867 --> 00:27:27,733
THE ANCIENT MEXICANS DIDN'T KNOW
HOW TO FORGE METAL.
418
00:27:27,767 --> 00:27:32,067
THEY RELIED ON OBSIDIAN
FOR SIMPLE BLADES AND WEAPONS.
419
00:27:32,100 --> 00:27:35,167
THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT
THIS WAS PART OF THE BACKBONE
420
00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:36,867
OF TEOTIHUACáN'S ECONOMY.
421
00:27:36,900 --> 00:27:40,467
DAVID BELIEVES
TEOTIHUACáN WAS A TRADING HUB
422
00:27:40,500 --> 00:27:45,067
FOR THE MINING AND MANUFACTURE
OF OBSIDIAN BLADES.
423
00:27:45,067 --> 00:27:48,900
BUT THIS MIRACLE BLADE
DID HAVE A LIMITATION --
424
00:27:48,933 --> 00:27:52,867
ONE THAT MADE THE PEOPLE HERE
EVEN RICHER.
425
00:27:52,900 --> 00:27:56,233
THE FACT THAT IT'S BRITTLE
AND IT LOSES ITS EDGE QUICKLY
426
00:27:56,267 --> 00:28:00,933
MEANS THAT THERE WAS
CONTINUALLY A MARKET FOR IT.
427
00:28:00,967 --> 00:28:04,133
OBSIDIAN'S FRAGILE NATURE
SUPER-CHARGED THE MARKET
428
00:28:04,167 --> 00:28:07,867
FOR THIS PRECIOUS RESOURCE.
429
00:28:07,900 --> 00:28:09,333
DAVID HAS FOUND EVIDENCE
430
00:28:09,367 --> 00:28:14,367
THAT SUGGESTS OBSIDIAN WORKSHOPS
OPERATED RIGHT ACROSS THE CITY.
431
00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,233
CRAFTSMEN WOULD HAVE BEEN
IN CONSTANT PRODUCTION,
432
00:28:17,267 --> 00:28:18,767
MAKING A STEADY STREAM
433
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,467
OF REPLACEMENT
OBSIDIAN TOOLS AND WEAPONS.
434
00:28:21,500 --> 00:28:24,633
*
435
00:28:24,667 --> 00:28:27,533
THE TEOTIHUACáNO
HAD SO MUCH OBSIDIAN,
436
00:28:27,567 --> 00:28:31,833
THEY COULD EXPORT THEIR TOOLS
AND WEAPONS FAR AND WIDE.
437
00:28:31,867 --> 00:28:36,067
THEY STARTED BUILDING ROADS
TO REACH DISTANT CITIES,
438
00:28:36,067 --> 00:28:38,733
ALWAYS CHOOSING THE FASTEST PATH
439
00:28:38,767 --> 00:28:43,100
AND LETTING NOTHING
STAND IN THEIR WAY.
440
00:28:43,133 --> 00:28:47,067
THEY ESTABLISHED
A HUGE TRADE NETWORK,
441
00:28:47,100 --> 00:28:50,200
SPREADING THEIR OBSIDIAN
OVER 1,000 MILES
442
00:28:50,233 --> 00:28:52,400
FROM THE ATLANTIC
TO THE PACIFIC.
443
00:28:55,733 --> 00:28:58,200
AS DEMAND FOR OBSIDIAN GREW,
444
00:28:58,233 --> 00:29:01,067
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE
CAME TO THE CITY,
445
00:29:01,100 --> 00:29:03,700
AND ITS POPULATION EXPLODED.
446
00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:09,767
*
447
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:14,767
OBSIDIAN BANKROLLED
THE CITY OF TEOTIHUACáN.
448
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,133
BUT WHO WERE
THE LOCAL RULING KINGPINS,
449
00:29:17,167 --> 00:29:21,200
FILLING THEIR COFFERS WITH CASH?
450
00:29:21,233 --> 00:29:25,100
THIS RECENT DISCOVERY --
A BIZARRE FAMILY OF STATUES --
451
00:29:25,133 --> 00:29:28,067
OFFERS A VITAL NEW CLUE.
452
00:29:35,067 --> 00:29:39,800
*
453
00:29:39,833 --> 00:29:44,967
Narrator:
MEXICO'S MYSTERIOUS PYRAMID CITY
IS SLOWLY GIVING UP ITS SECRETS.
454
00:29:46,567 --> 00:29:48,200
GRISLY FINDS HAVE REVEALED
455
00:29:48,233 --> 00:29:52,200
THIS PLACE WAS BUILT
ON HUMAN SACRIFICE,
456
00:29:52,233 --> 00:29:54,600
AND THOUSANDS
OF LOCALLY CRAFTED BLADES
457
00:29:54,633 --> 00:29:56,900
SHOW HOW
THE CITY WAS BANKROLLED.
458
00:29:59,067 --> 00:30:00,833
BUT FOR DECADES,
459
00:30:00,867 --> 00:30:02,400
ARCHAEOLOGISTS WERE STUMPED
460
00:30:02,433 --> 00:30:06,533
AS TO WHO RULED
THE TEOTIHUACáNO.
461
00:30:06,567 --> 00:30:11,833
WERE THEY A MONARCHY,
LIKE THE AZTECS AND MAYA?
462
00:30:11,867 --> 00:30:14,533
FOR ARCHAEOLOGIST JULIE GAZZOLA,
463
00:30:14,567 --> 00:30:17,800
LOCAL DESIGN
SUGGESTS A DIFFERENT STORY.
464
00:30:27,267 --> 00:30:28,933
TEOTIHUACáN IMAGERY
465
00:30:28,967 --> 00:30:31,867
SHOWS RELIGIOUS ICONS
AND EVERYDAY LIFE,
466
00:30:31,900 --> 00:30:36,433
BUT THERE ARE NO
IMAGES OF ROYALTY.
467
00:30:36,467 --> 00:30:41,200
SO, WHO WAS IN CHARGE HERE
IF IT WASN'T A MONARCH?
468
00:30:41,233 --> 00:30:43,267
JULIE BELIEVES A RECENT FIND
469
00:30:43,300 --> 00:30:45,467
FROM UNDER
THE FEATHERED SERPENT PYRAMID
470
00:30:45,500 --> 00:30:48,900
COULD BE A CRUCIAL CLUE
TO SOLVING THIS MYSTERY.
471
00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:57,533
BURIED UNDER
1,000 TONS OF RUBBLE,
472
00:30:57,567 --> 00:31:01,067
40 FEET BENEATH THE PYRAMID,
473
00:31:01,067 --> 00:31:04,833
IN THE HEART OF THE MOST
SACRED PLACE IN TEOTIHUACáN,
474
00:31:04,867 --> 00:31:08,667
ARCHAEOLOGISTS FOUND
FOUR GREEN STONE STATUETTES --
475
00:31:08,700 --> 00:31:12,767
THREE WOMEN
AND A SMALL NAKED MAN.
476
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:16,233
TWO OF THE FIGURES STOOD
UNDER THE APEX OF THE PYRAMID,
477
00:31:16,267 --> 00:31:19,433
LOOKING UP TOWARDS THE SUNRISE.
478
00:31:19,467 --> 00:31:20,800
THESE SIMPLE STATUES
479
00:31:20,833 --> 00:31:24,767
ARE PRICELESS PIECES
IN AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PUZZLE.
480
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:29,767
PERHAPS THEY ARE DIRECT LINKS
TO THE RULERS OF TEOTIHUACáN.
481
00:31:34,067 --> 00:31:36,867
JULIE BELIEVES THE RITUAL
LOCATION OF THE STATUES
482
00:31:36,900 --> 00:31:41,867
SUGGESTS THEY ARE OFFERINGS
TO THE GODS OF THE UNDERWORLD.
483
00:31:41,900 --> 00:31:44,567
THE FIGURES ARE UNIQUE.
484
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:56,233
MORE TREASURES WERE FOUND
ALONGSIDE THE STATUES.
485
00:32:03,333 --> 00:32:06,267
JULIE BELIEVES
ALL THESE ANCIENT RELICS
486
00:32:06,300 --> 00:32:08,500
WERE COMMISSIONED
AND PLACED IN THE TUNNEL
487
00:32:08,533 --> 00:32:11,400
BY THE LEADERS OF TEOTIHUACáN
488
00:32:11,433 --> 00:32:13,467
TO CELEBRATE
THE BIRTH OF THE CITY
489
00:32:13,500 --> 00:32:15,533
OUT OF THE SACRED UNDERWORLD.
490
00:32:27,233 --> 00:32:30,133
FOR JULIE,
IT'S THE EXOTIC GREEN STONE
491
00:32:30,167 --> 00:32:32,300
USED TO PRODUCE
THESE LUXURY OBJECTS
492
00:32:32,333 --> 00:32:38,500
THAT GIVES HER THE BIGGEST CLUE
TO WHO THE RULERS WERE.
493
00:32:53,133 --> 00:32:57,067
THE TEOTIHUACáNO MADE
MANY OF THEIR RITUAL PIECES
494
00:32:57,067 --> 00:32:59,167
FROM FOREIGN GREEN STONES.
495
00:33:01,467 --> 00:33:03,867
JULIE BELIEVES
THESE IMPORTED GOODS
496
00:33:03,900 --> 00:33:06,967
PROVE THAT AN ELITE GROUP
OF TEOTIHUACáN TRADERS
497
00:33:07,067 --> 00:33:12,467
GOT SO RICH THEY WERE ABLE
TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE CITY.
498
00:33:12,500 --> 00:33:16,100
THE ENTIRE PLACE WAS RULED
BY BUSINESSMEN AND WOMEN
499
00:33:16,133 --> 00:33:18,300
IN PLACE OF KINGS AND QUEENS.
500
00:33:18,333 --> 00:33:20,833
*
501
00:33:23,133 --> 00:33:25,200
BUILDINGS
SURROUNDING THE PYRAMIDS
502
00:33:25,233 --> 00:33:26,433
GIVE AN INDICATION
503
00:33:26,467 --> 00:33:29,467
OF THE EXTRAVAGANT LIFE
OF THE CITY'S LEADERS.
504
00:33:29,500 --> 00:33:33,500
*
505
00:33:33,533 --> 00:33:35,767
THIS ELITE LIVED AND GOVERNED
506
00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:37,767
AMONG THE MANY PYRAMIDS
AND TEMPLES
507
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:42,300
AT THE VERY HEART
OF TEOTIHUACáN.
508
00:33:42,333 --> 00:33:47,567
SINGLE-LEVEL STRUCTURES BUILT
AROUND A CENTRAL COURTYARD
509
00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:52,633
PROVIDED SPACIOUS ACCOMMODATION
FOR WEALTHY TRADERS.
510
00:33:52,667 --> 00:33:55,967
THE ELITE COULD AFFORD
TO COVER THE ROUGH STONE WALLS
511
00:33:56,067 --> 00:33:58,567
IN EXPENSIVE LIME PLASTER
512
00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:01,467
AND DECORATE THEM
WITH ELABORATE MURALS.
513
00:34:04,067 --> 00:34:07,200
BUT OVER A MILE AWAY,
ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY,
514
00:34:07,233 --> 00:34:10,200
THE POOR BUILT
THEIR OWN DWELLINGS
515
00:34:10,233 --> 00:34:12,833
USING ONLY
THE CHEAPEST MATERIALS.
516
00:34:17,700 --> 00:34:21,700
GRAVES DISCOVERED
UNDERNEATH THESE WORKERS' HUTS
517
00:34:21,733 --> 00:34:23,633
REVEAL A LIFE OF EXTREME POVERTY
518
00:34:23,667 --> 00:34:26,367
FOR THOSE AT THE BOTTOM
OF THE SOCIAL PILE.
519
00:34:48,833 --> 00:34:51,733
*
520
00:34:51,767 --> 00:34:55,333
HORRENDOUS LIVING CONDITIONS
LIKELY CAUSED MALNUTRITION,
521
00:34:55,367 --> 00:35:00,433
INFECTION,
AND EARLY DEATH AMONG THE POOR.
522
00:35:00,467 --> 00:35:03,700
IN THIS CITY OF TRADERS,
THE WEALTHY HAD THE POWER,
523
00:35:03,733 --> 00:35:07,767
AND THE POOR
WERE STARVING AND DESPERATE --
524
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:12,333
THE PERFECT COCKTAIL
FOR CIVIL UNREST.
525
00:35:12,367 --> 00:35:13,733
COULD THESE SCORCH MARKS --
526
00:35:13,767 --> 00:35:16,800
RECENTLY DISCOVERED ON THE
CITY'S WEALTHIEST BUILDINGS --
527
00:35:16,833 --> 00:35:20,967
FINALLY REVEAL THE SECRET
TO THE FALL OF TEOTIHUACáN?
528
00:35:21,067 --> 00:35:22,800
*
529
00:35:29,833 --> 00:35:34,067
*
530
00:35:34,067 --> 00:35:35,800
Narrator: 2,000 YEARS AGO,
531
00:35:35,833 --> 00:35:39,367
TEOTIHUACáN WAS
THE LARGEST AND BUSIEST CITY
532
00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:41,867
IN THE AMERICAS.
533
00:35:41,900 --> 00:35:45,933
OVER 100,000 PEOPLE LIVED HERE,
534
00:35:45,967 --> 00:35:50,167
FROM THE SUPER-RICH
RULING TRADERS IN THE CENTER
535
00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:55,067
TO THE DIRT-POOR WORKERS
IN THE OUTSKIRTS.
536
00:35:55,100 --> 00:35:59,067
INVESTIGATORS DATING ARTIFACTS
FOUND INSIDE THE CITY
537
00:35:59,067 --> 00:36:01,567
BELIEVE THAT
THIS ONCE-GREAT CIVILIZATION
538
00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:06,700
SHUT DOWN SUDDENLY
AFTER JUST 900 YEARS.
539
00:36:06,733 --> 00:36:09,367
BUT WHY?
540
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:11,167
ARCHAEOLOGIST DAVID CARBALLO
541
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:13,300
BELIEVES A CRUCIAL CLUE
CAN BE FOUND
542
00:36:13,333 --> 00:36:16,900
AT THE MOST ORNATE BUILDING
IN TEOTIHUACáN,
543
00:36:16,933 --> 00:36:19,633
THE FEATHERED SERPENT PYRAMID.
544
00:36:19,667 --> 00:36:22,967
Carballo:
HERE, WE HAVE FEATHERED-SERPENT
HEADS SCULPTED OUT OF STONE.
545
00:36:23,067 --> 00:36:24,467
THEY'RE TENONS,
MEANING THEY WOULD HAVE STUCK
546
00:36:24,500 --> 00:36:28,633
INTO THE FACADE OF THE BUILDING.
547
00:36:28,667 --> 00:36:33,133
Narrator: ORIGINALLY, THERE
WERE OVER 400 PRISTINE HEADS.
548
00:36:33,167 --> 00:36:34,700
BUT AT THE BACK OF THE PYRAMID,
549
00:36:34,733 --> 00:36:37,833
THE SCULPTURES
LOOK VERY DIFFERENT TODAY.
550
00:36:37,867 --> 00:36:38,867
Carballo:
SO HERE, ON THIS ONE,
551
00:36:38,900 --> 00:36:41,100
YOU CAN SEE
THAT IT'S BEEN DEFACED
552
00:36:41,133 --> 00:36:43,167
BY KNOCKING THE SNOUT OFF.
553
00:36:45,967 --> 00:36:48,533
SO, THIS ONE, TOO, SEEMS
TO HAVE BEEN HEAVILY DAMAGED
554
00:36:48,567 --> 00:36:50,367
IN THE SNOUT.
555
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:52,467
Narrator: DAVID BELIEVES
THE DAMAGE TO THE HEADS
556
00:36:52,500 --> 00:36:55,433
IS SO SIMILAR, IT'S SUSPICIOUS.
557
00:36:55,467 --> 00:36:57,500
Carballo: THIS DAMAGE
DOESN'T LOOK ACCIDENTAL.
558
00:36:57,533 --> 00:37:01,533
IT'S ALWAYS THE SNOUTS
THAT ARE KNOCKED OFF,
559
00:37:01,567 --> 00:37:04,533
AND SO IF YOU EXPECT THESE TO
HAVE SORT OF FALLEN HAPHAZARDLY,
560
00:37:04,567 --> 00:37:07,533
YOU WOULD EXPECT
BREAKAGE ON OTHER SIDES.
561
00:37:07,567 --> 00:37:10,400
SO, THAT SUGGESTS THAT THERE WAS
SOME SORT OF CATACLYSMIC EVENT,
562
00:37:10,433 --> 00:37:12,700
LIKE SOME SORT
OF FACTIONAL DISPUTE,
563
00:37:12,733 --> 00:37:15,100
CONFLICT,
OR MAYBE EVEN A CIVIL WAR.
564
00:37:15,133 --> 00:37:17,533
*
565
00:37:17,567 --> 00:37:19,733
Narrator:
BUT WAS THIS CONFLICT LIMITED
566
00:37:19,767 --> 00:37:24,967
TO A RELIGIOUS FEUD AT
THE FEATHERED SERPENT PYRAMID?
567
00:37:25,067 --> 00:37:28,433
DAVID SEARCHES THE RUINS
OF NEARBY ELITE BUILDINGS
568
00:37:28,467 --> 00:37:30,733
FOR FURTHER CLUES
OF DESTRUCTION.
569
00:37:33,700 --> 00:37:35,067
WELL, IF YOU LOOK OVER HERE,
570
00:37:35,067 --> 00:37:38,700
THIS HAS THE ORIGINAL
WHITE-AND-RED STUCCO MOTIFS --
571
00:37:38,733 --> 00:37:40,800
THESE INTERLOCKING-SCROLL
MOTIFS.
572
00:37:40,833 --> 00:37:43,567
BUT THEN YOU SEE THE SOOT MARKS
RIGHT HERE IN THE CORNER
573
00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:47,133
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
FROM BURNING THESE STRUCTURES.
574
00:37:47,167 --> 00:37:48,733
Narrator: DAVID IS CONVINCED
575
00:37:48,767 --> 00:37:53,267
THESE SCORCH MARKS ARE
CLEAR SIGNS OF DELIBERATE ARSON,
576
00:37:53,300 --> 00:37:55,700
AND HE FINDS THEM
ON JUST ABOUT EVERY BUILDING
577
00:37:55,733 --> 00:37:58,667
IN THIS PART OF TOWN.
578
00:37:58,700 --> 00:38:01,600
THIS IS WHERE THERE LIKELY
WAS SOME SORT OF WOODEN BEAM --
579
00:38:01,633 --> 00:38:03,567
A SUPPORT BEAM FOR THE ROOF.
580
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:06,400
AND SINCE THAT WAS WOOD,
WITH THE BURNING,
581
00:38:06,433 --> 00:38:08,300
YOU ENDED UP
WITH THIS BLACKENING
582
00:38:08,333 --> 00:38:11,300
WITH SOOT IN THE STUCCO.
583
00:38:11,333 --> 00:38:13,700
Narrator:
THE LAYERS OF ASH AND BURNT WOOD
584
00:38:13,733 --> 00:38:17,600
SUGGEST A MASSIVE FIRE RAGED
IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY.
585
00:38:17,633 --> 00:38:21,800
THE FIRE CONSUMED ALL THE ELITE
AND RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS.
586
00:38:21,833 --> 00:38:24,700
Carballo: THERE'S BURNING
IN MULTIPLE ROOMS,
587
00:38:24,733 --> 00:38:27,433
IN MULTIPLE PALATIAL
AND TEMPLE COMPOUNDS.
588
00:38:27,467 --> 00:38:30,433
IT SUGGESTS THAT THIS WAS
A PLANNED AND COORDINATED EVENT.
589
00:38:30,467 --> 00:38:33,500
*
590
00:38:36,067 --> 00:38:37,933
I THINK THIS
IS REALLY COMPELLING EVIDENCE
591
00:38:37,967 --> 00:38:40,100
THAT THOSE STRUCTURES
592
00:38:40,133 --> 00:38:43,067
THAT WERE MOST ASSOCIATED
WITH STATE POWER --
593
00:38:43,067 --> 00:38:44,633
BE THAT RELIGIOUS
OR POLITICAL --
594
00:38:44,667 --> 00:38:46,467
WERE TARGETED DISPROPORTIONATELY
595
00:38:46,500 --> 00:38:48,400
IN THE BURNING OF THE CITY.
596
00:38:50,633 --> 00:38:53,767
Narrator: IF THIS DESTRUCTION
WAS DELIBERATE,
597
00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:56,067
WHO DID IT?
598
00:38:56,100 --> 00:38:59,500
WAS IT AN INVASION
BY A RIVAL CIVILIZATION,
599
00:38:59,533 --> 00:39:02,067
OR WAS THIS AN INSIDE JOB?
600
00:39:04,367 --> 00:39:08,700
A CRUCIAL CLUE LIES A MILE
FROM THE CENTER OF TEOTIHUACáN,
601
00:39:08,733 --> 00:39:10,467
IN A FIELD OF SCATTERED DEBRIS
602
00:39:10,500 --> 00:39:13,433
THAT WAS ONCE
THE WORKERS' SUBURBS.
603
00:39:13,467 --> 00:39:15,967
Carballo: WHAT WE FOUND OUT HERE
IN OUR EXCAVATIONS
604
00:39:16,067 --> 00:39:18,100
IS THAT THERE'S NO EVIDENCE
OF THE SORT OF BURNING
605
00:39:18,133 --> 00:39:19,567
THAT WE SEE
IN THE CENTER OF THE SITE.
606
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:21,067
SO THAT, TO US, SUGGESTS
607
00:39:21,100 --> 00:39:23,433
THAT THIS ISN'T AN ATTACK
FROM THE OUTSIDE.
608
00:39:23,467 --> 00:39:26,067
RATHER, THE COLLAPSE HAPPENS
FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
609
00:39:26,067 --> 00:39:28,533
*
610
00:39:28,567 --> 00:39:31,467
Narrator: DAVID BELIEVES
THE IMPOVERISHED WORKERS
611
00:39:31,500 --> 00:39:37,700
ROSE UP AGAINST THEIR RULERS
IN A SOCIAL REVOLUTION.
612
00:39:37,733 --> 00:39:40,333
Carballo: THESE PEOPLE, WHO WERE
THE WORKING-CLASS BACKBONE
613
00:39:40,367 --> 00:39:41,633
OF THE CITY'S ECONOMY,
614
00:39:41,667 --> 00:39:43,467
FELT LIKE THE SYSTEM
WAS FAILING THEM,
615
00:39:43,500 --> 00:39:46,100
AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT,
THEY REJECTED THE SYSTEM,
616
00:39:46,133 --> 00:39:47,367
AND THEY TOOK UP ARMS
617
00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:51,300
AND DECIDED TO SACK
THEIR OWN CITY.
618
00:39:51,333 --> 00:39:53,067
Narrator:
IN THE 7th CENTURY,
619
00:39:53,067 --> 00:39:57,067
THE DISENFRANCHISED POOR
REBELLED.
620
00:39:57,067 --> 00:39:58,767
THEY BURNT THE CITY CENTER
621
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:03,800
IN AN INFERNO
OF HEAT AND DESTRUCTION.
622
00:40:03,833 --> 00:40:06,433
WITH THE RULING ELITE OF TRADERS
WIPED OUT,
623
00:40:06,467 --> 00:40:09,233
THE CITY QUICKLY FELL
INTO DECLINE
624
00:40:09,267 --> 00:40:12,700
AND WAS EVENTUALLY ABANDONED.
625
00:40:12,733 --> 00:40:18,200
Carballo:
TEOTIHUACáN IS REMARKABLE
IN TERMS OF WORLD HISTORY.
626
00:40:18,233 --> 00:40:21,133
IT WAS A HUGE POLITICAL CAPITAL,
A HUGE ECONOMIC HUB,
627
00:40:21,167 --> 00:40:24,067
AND ALSO A PILGRIMAGE CENTER.
628
00:40:24,100 --> 00:40:25,467
AND AFTER THE COLLAPSE,
629
00:40:25,500 --> 00:40:29,233
THERE'S REALLY NOTHING LIKE
TEOTIHUACáN IN MESOAMERICA.
630
00:40:34,433 --> 00:40:36,667
*
631
00:40:36,700 --> 00:40:39,067
Narrator:
ALTHOUGH THE CITY HAD DIED,
632
00:40:39,100 --> 00:40:42,733
THE LEGEND OF TEOTIHUACáN
LIVED ON.
633
00:40:42,767 --> 00:40:46,933
IT INFLUENCED
THE FAMOUS MAYA CIVILIZATION,
634
00:40:46,967 --> 00:40:49,433
AND THE AZTECS WERE
SO IN AWE OF THIS PLACE,
635
00:40:49,467 --> 00:40:51,600
THEY BELIEVED
IT COULD ONLY HAVE BEEN MADE
636
00:40:51,633 --> 00:40:53,700
BY THE GODS THEMSELVES.
637
00:40:58,067 --> 00:41:01,900
TODAY, ARCHAEOLOGISTS ARE
SLOWLY UNCOVERING THE SECRETS
638
00:41:01,933 --> 00:41:04,067
OF THIS RITUAL LANDSCAPE,
639
00:41:04,100 --> 00:41:06,233
WITH ITS HIDDEN CHAMBERS,
640
00:41:06,267 --> 00:41:08,667
CEREMONIAL TUNNELS,
641
00:41:08,700 --> 00:41:11,500
PRICELESS BURIED ARTIFACTS,
642
00:41:11,533 --> 00:41:13,700
AND GRUESOME PITS
FILLED WITH THE BONES
643
00:41:13,733 --> 00:41:19,067
OF IMMIGRANTS TRAGICALLY DRAWN
TO THIS CITY OF DREAMS.
644
00:41:19,100 --> 00:41:20,767
WHAT AMAZING SECRETS
645
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:24,967
COULD STILL LIE LOCKED INSIDE
THE HEART OF THIS --
646
00:41:25,067 --> 00:41:28,533
THE OLDEST MEGACITY
IN THE AMERICAS?
647
00:41:28,567 --> 00:41:31,700
*
648
00:41:39,633 --> 00:41:43,800
*
649
00:41:51,767 --> 00:41:54,800
*
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