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EXPERTS HAVE DISCOVERED a third structure within the Kukulkan pyramid in eastern Mexico, revealing that it was built like a “Russian nesting doll,” experts have said.
A 10-metre (33-foot) tall pyramid was found within another 20-metre structure, which itself is enveloped by the 30-metre pyramid visible at the Mayan archeological complex, known as Chichen Itza in Yucatan state.
The smallest pyramid was built between the years 550 and 800 CE, engineers and anthropologists said.
The middle structure had already been discovered in the 1930s and dates back to the years 800-1,000 CE, while the largest one was finished between 1050-1300 CE.
The discovery suggests that the pyramid, known as El Castillo (the Castle), was built in three phases.
Rene Chavez Seguro, the project’s chief and a geophysics researcher at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, told a news conference:
It’s like a Russian nesting doll. Under the large one we get another and another.
Structures were built on top of each other for various reasons, including deterioration or the arrival of new leadership, said Denisse Argote, expert at the National Anthropology and History Institute.
The smallest pyramid was spotted using a non-invasive technique that consists in lighting the inside of the pyramid to see its interior without causing damage.
The discovery could shed light on the original Mayan culture before it was influenced by populations from central Mexico, Argote said.
Last year, archeologists discovered that the Kukulkan pyramid was built atop a cenote, or underground river, which are common in the region and are sacred to the Maya.
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This road was paid for years ago, Why are they still allowed to charge for using it.
That toll should be free. Its overpaid itself many times over and cost 2m a year in staff and tech
They want €1,200 off me for 8 trips. I tried from the day I bought the car to have it put on my account but it was still registered to someone elses account and “GDPR” wouldn’t allow them to discuss it. Its been going on over a year and last week I got a court summons.
@dB O’Neill: 24 hrs to pay or they double it. Highway robbery
@Magoo: Here’s a cunning plan to defeat the robbers. Pay within the 24hrs. Or sign up for an account online. No fees, tolls taken from your credit/debit card monthly, and trips are cheaper. Not exactly sure, but think it’s around 8-10% discount.
@Tommy Roche: That’s alright for those who live in Dublin and use it regularly. But for others around the country it’s not worth the bother.
Then, if you take your car to Dublin airport and take a flight somewhere, let’s say Asia or Australia, by the time you arrive and find internet and have time to pay you’re probably already over the 24 hours. That’s a scam. Why can’t it be something logical, like a week to pay it.
@The Thinker: or you could pay before hand, weeks before if you like!
@Da Vid: Yeah we know
@Da Vid: kinda ironic that a drug debt collector wasn’t paying his own debts.
@Michael Carolan: Knob.
Impress me and tell me you collected the fines. Not that you’ve sent them more letters
Road tax , tax on petrol, vat and levy on insurance , Parking charges but to mention a few . Sure they are never happy until they get blood . Time for change .
No more of this sh**
@Fabio Dillon: Agree. Pay the toll and this sh** stops immediately!
Drive an English reg and pay nothing
@john reynolds: not true, English and Northern Irish cars are caught just the same as Irish cars. They have access to the DVLA database.
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