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 ×Age : 16  ×Location : ❥ Aldebaran  ×Mood : ❥ 幸せな猫 | Great Pyramid of Cholula Fri Feb 03, 2023 8:59 am | |
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This was a grave error indeed. As the army stormed its streets, religious treasures were looted and the precious pyramids went up in smoke. Within three hours they had murdered 3,000 people. October 12th 1519 was a bloodbath on an unprecedented scale, leaving 10% of the city’s population dead.
Eventually the Spaniards settled in Cholula (now part of Mexico), erecting enough of their own buildings that the city is now known for having a church for every day of the year. The final touch – a symbol of their Christian conquest – is the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remediosa, built on what they thought was a large hill.
The story goes that until the locals began construction of an insane asylum in 1910, nobody knew it was a pyramid. Certainly, by the time Cortéz and his men arrived, it was already a thousand years old and entirely concealed by vegetation.
Early excavations revealed a series of gruesome findings, including the deformed skulls of decapitated children.
Where did it come from? And why did it stay hidden for so long?
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