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Chapter 74 Aztec Mining
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"Okay, since you know the words above, what do they mean?" Liu Dong said.
"It should be 'Great corn god Shirone, please protect your people and have a good harvest...'. I don't recognize many of the following, but they should be some honorifics and a promise to sacrifice to the gods every September!" Yi
Wanka Road.
After nodding, Liu Dong said: "Okay, now that we've finished reading, let's hurry up!"
However, he really underestimated the woman's curiosity.
With safety guaranteed, Ivanka doesn't want to leave for the time being. After all, they are now in the holy city 'Aztlan' that is most desired by all historians and archaeologists who study the Aztec civilization!
"Liu Dong, can you take me to the pyramid below?" Ivanka turned around and took Liu Dong's arm, pleading in her tone.
"Do you just look at each other like that?" Liu Dong said with a headache.
Ivanka nodded quickly. As a Chinese, Liu Dong's country has a long and glorious civilization. He does not need to envy anyone or any country.
Because the glory and splendor of the Chinese Ming Dynasty are stronger than any country or nation on earth.
But the Americans are different. It has only been more than two years since the founding of the United States. Although the United States of America is now powerful, it is an outright dwarf in terms of culture. Therefore, any American has no idea what happened in the history of the Americas.
Maya, Inca, Aztec and other ancient civilizations all have a strong interest in it.
Especially the pyramid, one of the greatest ancient Ming buildings.
In addition, although the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon in the Teotihuacan ruins are world-famous, no one can explain the specific uses of these two pyramids until now. Whether they also belong to a huge pyramid like the Egyptian pyramids
grave, no one can produce any evidence!
But now the pyramid under their feet can completely unlock this secret, so Ivanka wants to go in and find out. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Of course, Liu Dong, who possesses the relic Yuan Guang, has already known the structure and purpose of this pyramid.
However, seeing how interested Ivanka was, Liu Dong did not refuse.
You have to leave later anyway. Leaving from the steps outside the pyramid is the same as leaving from the inside.
"Okay, but you must follow closely. If you get lost, I won't be able to find you!"
After finishing speaking, Liu Dong took out a fist-sized piece of fluorite from his pocket!
In an instant, a handful of soft blue light illuminated the surrounding space about five or six meters.
"It's so beautiful. This is the sun stone of the Aztecs! Liu Dong, where did you find it?" Ivanka said in surprise.
"Yang stone? I only know that this thing is called fluorite. It is a natural mineral found from the indigenous people!"
However, fluorite can emit light on its own and can bring light in the dark, so it is not unreasonable to be called sun stone.
Seeing that Ivanka was interested in the fluorite in his hand, Liu Dongxing gave it to her. Anyway, he took out the fluorite for Ivanka's lighting. Liu Dong himself had the relic Yuan Guang in hand, which was more powerful than the 1000-watt one.
All light bulbs work.
There is a downward passage on the left side of the temple, from which you can enter the interior of the pyramid.
But the space at the top of the pyramid is not a good place.
The fifth floor of the pyramid, which is nearly 4,000 square meters and about 6 meters high, is divided into different rooms by pieces of obsidian. Each room is about 60 square meters in size, and these rooms are filled with bones. Some
The bones have decayed, but some are still very intact, and judging from the remaining clothing on these bones, it seems that they did not die very long.
"Are not you afraid?"
In an environment like a cemetery, Ivanka actually looked very excited. This is weird!
"not afraid!"
After briefly responding to Liu Dong, Ivanka said: "I heard that the Aztecs often killed slaves and prisoners of war to sacrifice to their gods. It seems that these people were all killed as sacrifices!"
Looking at Ivanka, Liu Dong shook his head and said, "This floor is full of skeletons and nothing interesting. Let's go!"
Soon the two came to the second floor. The space on the second floor was tens of thousands of square meters. It was also divided into different rooms by obsidian. However, the rooms here were much larger than those above. Even the smallest one was
Around 1,000 square meters.
In addition, the first floor of the pyramid is similar to the second floor. Some of these large obsidian rooms are still empty, and many have been blocked by boulders.
And these blocked rooms are all gorgeous tombs, which contain not only the gold and silver treasures and various arts buried with them, but also the slaves buried in sacrifice! These should be the tombs of the Aztec royal family and nobles.
According to Ivanka, after the Aztecs died, they usually chose to bury themselves in the place closest to their gods.
According to the structure of the pyramid, the higher you go up, the closer you are to the gods.
“The murals on these tomb passages are so beautiful!”
Looking at the still bright murals on the walls through the dim light of fluorite, Ivanka admired.
Hearing this, Liu Dong nodded in agreement. The Aztecs used red, yellow, and green paints to outline scenes from their lives such as harvests, prayers to gods, wars, and knowledge of the celestial calendar on the surrounding stone walls.
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Moreover, what is even more rare is that although these murals have been painted for many years, the colors are still bright, as if they were just painted. This is probably related to the fact that this pyramid is praised for its preservation effect.
When the two arrived at the fourth floor, the space here had reached nearly 40,000 square meters. The space on the fourth floor was more like a living space. In the middle was a meeting hall of about 3,000 square meters. Surrounding this hall
There are a varying number of private rooms and public places around. Liu Dong even discovered two weapon storage rooms here.
"Liu Dong, come and see, there is an exit here!"
Liu Dong had already discovered the exit, but he couldn't really go out of that exit.
"Ivanka, don't go out!"
"Why?"
After pulling her carefully to the edge of the exit, the two of them lay down, and then crawled forward two meters, Liu Dong said: "Look!"
Out of curiosity, Ivanka immediately raised her head and looked outside, only to see a dense crowd of people standing in the square less than 50 meters away from the pyramid where they were!
It would be strange to go out at such a close distance without being noticed.
After thinking about this clearly, Ivanka also had some fear on her face.
But fear was soon replaced by curiosity, "What are they doing?"
"It should be a sacrifice!" Liu Dong said after thinking about it.
"Sacrifice?"
"That's right!" Liu Dong nodded.
It's still dark now. Although there are giant fluorite lighting on the tops of more than 20 large and small pyramids, the light is not as bright as the sun during the day. Therefore, under the hazy blue light, Ivanka can only see clearly 40 meters around.
range, no matter how far away you are, you can only see a shadow.
But Liu Dong was different. The light of his relics was enough to cover the entire square.
Therefore, everything here is invisible to Liu Dong.
"What kind of sacrifice?" I couldn't see clearly. I had no choice but to turn to Liu Dong for help!
"There are a lot of snakes!" Liu Dong looked a little unnatural.
Because in the center of this large square of nearly 10,000 square meters, there is a stone pit of about 1,000 square meters. The stone pit is surrounded by obsidian railings one meter higher than the square, and these obsidian railings are almost carved with incised round sculptures and semicircular sculptures.
All are snakes.
And on the northernmost side of the stone pit, which is the side close to the pyramid, there is a giant snake-shaped sculpture about 8 meters high and 40 meters long, looking up to the sky and screaming!
The most important thing is that there are black snakes swimming in the stone pit, and they are all densely packed into snake balls!
Liu Dong felt disgusted after seeing it!
"Are those snakes all black with white rings on the back of their heads?" Ivanka asked quickly.
"Can you see it?" Liu Dong asked curiously.
"No! I can't see clearly, but this kind of snake is called the 'Telaque Black Snake'. In the Aztec civilization, it is regarded as the incarnation of Quetzalcoatl, the Quetzalcoatl, in the human world.
Therefore, during the heyday of the Aztec civilization, luxurious and grand 'Snake Birthday' ceremonies were often held with this snake in March and September every year!"
"Snake Birthday Ceremony?" Liu Dong had never heard of it before.
"Well, according to some of the records handed down from the Aztecs, every year in March and September, the Aztecs would kill many slaves in their royal capital, Tenochtitlan, and use their
The "Delaware black snake" is fed with blood and flesh, and after these snakes eat human blood, the female snake and the male snake will mate. At this time, the "Delaware black snake" will produce strong aphrodisiac gas, thus stimulating
The Aztec nobles around are having sex!”
Speaking of this, Ivanka's voice was obviously much lower and slower.
However, Liu Dong didn't pay attention to this. He was attracted by Ivanka's explanation.
"No wonder there are all young and middle-aged people here, and there are no old people or children!" Liu Dong thought to himself.
"...It is rumored that on the 'Birth of the Snake', almost all the Aztec women who participated in it would be pregnant, and babies who were pregnant at this time would be blessed by Quetzalcoatl, the Quetzalcoatl god.
, smart and brave, capable of becoming the most powerful warrior of the Aztecs...!"
"ah……!"
At this moment, a shrill scream suddenly sounded, interrupting Ivanka's narration and making her shiver involuntarily.
"What happened? What was the sound just now?" Ivanka said in panic.
"The 'Snake Birthday' has begun!" Liu Dong said with a cold expression. (To be continued...)