A view of a tunnel that may lead to a royal tombs discovered at the ancient city of Teotihuacan is seen in this May 22, 2014 INAH handout file picture made available to Reuters October 29, 2014. REUTER/INAH/Files/Handout via Reuters
TEOTIHUACAN, Mexico (Reuters) - A Mexican archaeologist hunting for a royal tomb in a deep, dark tunnel beneath a towering pre-Aztec pyramid has made a discovery that may have brought him a step closer: liquid mercury.
In the bowels of Teotihuacan, a mysterious ancient city that was once the largest in the Americas, Sergio Gomez this month found "large quantities" of the silvery metal in a chamber at the end of a sacred tunnel sealed for nearly 1,800 years.
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