Mysterious society once inhabited Mexico. Now construction has uncovered its remains
BY MOIRA RITTER
AUGUST 21, 2023 1:04 PM
The massive ancient wall was discovered during a highway expansion project, Mexico officials said. INAH
While working on expansions of a highway in Mexico, construction workers uncovered a sprawling ancient wall dating to pre-Hispanic times. The approximately 111-foot long and 23-foot tall wall corresponds to the first of three levels of a larger structure, experts from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History said in an Aug. 18 news release. The wall was filled with human and animal bones that were used as construction filler.
The wall contained human and animal bones as construction fillers, according to officials. INAH The wall was discovered at the Barranca Chihuila-Corral de Piedra site, a part of a series of pre-Hispanic units, officials said.
The ancient wall was about 23 feet tall, archaeologists said. INAH Excavations uncovered a burial of a child who experts said died between the ages of 3 and 5. The child was buried alongside a trove of grave goods, including green stone beads, copper bells, shell earrings and a unique style of ceramic tripod bowl dating to sometime between 1000 to 1521, before the Spanish Conquest.
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