What would make the discovery of a secret passageway under Teotihuacan’s Pyramid of the Moon even more intriguing? A theory that the tunnel was used to emulate the underworld, to start. They say it's possible the tunnel was used for ritualistic purposes, such as ceremonies marking the different agricultural cycles. "The function of the tunnel may have been to reproduce the underworld, a world where life, animals, and plants originated,” says archaeologist Verónica Ortega, per the International Business Times. This article originally appeared on Newser: Archaeologists Find Tunnel That May Emulate Underworld

Source: Fox News July 07, 2017 14:41 UTC