Ua ʻike ʻia ka 'hele i ka lua' ma lalo o ka Pyramid of the Moon ma Teotihuacán

Ka honua lalo o Teotihuacán: Ua ʻimi nā mea noiʻi Mekiko i kahi ana i kanu ʻia ma 10 mau mika ma lalo o ka Pyramid of the Moon.

ʻIke ʻia ka 'hele i ka lua' ma lalo o ka Pyramid of the Moon ma Teotihuacán 1
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Ua ʻike pū lākou i ke komo ʻana i ua ana lā, a ua hoʻoholo lākou e kūkulu ʻia ka pyramid ma luna ona, a lilo ia i hale mua loa no Teotihuacán. Wahi a ka noiʻi hou loa, aia nā kolamu ʻekolu i kahi pūnaewele o nā tunnels a me nā ana ma lalo o lākou e hōʻike nei i ka honua i lalo.

ʻO Archaeologists mai Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) a me nā kālaihonua o UNAM's Institute of Geophysics i alakaʻi i ka noiʻi (National Autonomous University of Mexico). Kākoʻo ka loiloi hou i ka mea i ʻike ʻia ma 2017 a me 2018.

Ke ana a me nā tunnels ma lalo o ka Pyramid o ka Moon

ʻIke ʻia ka 'hele i ka lua' ma lalo o ka Pyramid of the Moon ma Teotihuacán 2
He ana ma Belize (kiʻi kuhikuhi). © Wikimedia Commons

Ua hana ʻia ʻo Teotihuacán e kahi moʻomeheu ʻike ʻole ʻia ma ke awāwa ʻo Mekiko. No nā makahiki he nui, he kūlanakauhale nui ia me ka wā i hoʻopuni ʻia. ʻAʻole i wehe ʻia ka hapa nui o kāna mōʻaukala. I ka wā kahiko, ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea nui loa o ʻAmelika. He home ia ma ka liʻiliʻi 125,000 poʻe i kēlā manawa.

ʻO Teotihuacán's ʻekolu mau piramida nui nā heiau i hoʻohana ʻia no ka hoʻomana akua ma mua o Columbian. ʻO ka Pyramid o ka Lā ka mea kiʻekiʻe loa, kū i 65 mika, ʻo ka Pyramid o ka Moon ka lua o ke kiʻekiʻe, kū i 43 mika. Ma waena o AD 100 a me AD 450, manaʻo ʻia ua kūkulu ʻia kēia pyramid ʻelua ma luna o ʻehiku pae o nā hale.

ʻO ka lua i ʻike ʻia ma lalo o ka Pyramid o ka Moon e ana ana he 15 mau mika i ke anawaena a me 8 mau mika ka hohonu. Eia naʻe, aia kahi manawa kūpono aia kekahi mau tunnels hou. Ua hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻenehana geofysics non-invasive (ANT a me ERT) i ka hoʻokolokolo, a ua kūleʻa lākou i ka ʻike ʻana i ka hakahaka o ka lua o lalo.

ʻO Pyramid o ka Moon
ʻO Pyramid o ka Moon © ʻO Wikimedia commons.

Ua ʻike ʻo Geophysicists i kēia ana ma 2017, ma o ka Electronics Resistivity Tomography (ERT). Ua hōʻike ʻia nā noiʻi i hala i ke alo o nā tunnels i hana ʻia e ke kanaka ma lalo o ka Pyramid o ka Moon, a me nā passageways a me nā ana ma lalo o ka Pyramid o ka Lā a me ka Pyramid o ka nahesa hulu.

Ua hoʻohana ʻia kēia ana ma ke ʻano he nucleus no Teotihuacán āpau

No nā makahiki 30 i hala iho nei, ua manaʻo ʻia he kūlohelohe kēia "Moon Cave", a ua pono nā mea kūkulu ma mua o Columbian i hoʻohana i kēia honua honua e hoʻokumu i ke kumu, kaomi, a hana i ka metropolis piha o Teotihuacán. Ua lilo ke ana ma ke ʻano he hoʻomaka.

Ke hoʻoneʻe nei nā limahana i ka lepo i loko o kahi ana i lalo o ka Pyramid o ka nahesa hulu, ʻo Teotihuacán. ʻIke: Janet Jarman.
Hoʻopau nā mea hana i ka lepo i loko o kahi tunnel ma lalo o ka Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent, Teotihuacán. © Janet Jarman

Kūkulu 1, ka mahele kumu mua o ka 'O ka Pyramid o ka Moon a me "ke ʻano kahiko o Teotihuacán i ʻike ʻia," ʻo ia kekahi hiʻohiʻona e pili ana i kēia manaʻo kūlanakauhale. Kūkulu ʻia ia ma waena o 100 a 50 BC, ma mua o nā hanana ʻē aʻe i ke kūlanakauhale.

Hoʻomaka kēlā pae mua o ke kūkulu hale i mua o ka pyramid a ulu a hiki i ka lilo ʻana o ke ʻano o kēia manawa a hoʻopuni i ke ana honua holoʻokoʻa. Eia kekahi, aia ka Pyramid o ka Moon ma ka puʻuwai o Teotihuacán, ma ka wēlau o ke Alanui ākea o ka poʻe make (Calzada de los Muertos), ʻo ia ke kuamoʻo o ke kūlanakauhale ... Hōʻike mākou i kona koʻikoʻi ma laila.

ʻIke o ke Alanui o ka poʻe Make a me ka Pyramid o ka Mahina.
Nānā i ke alanui o ka poʻe make a me ka Pyramid o ka mahina. © Wikimedia Commons

ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ke koʻikoʻi o nā pyramid ʻekolu a Teotihuacán, akā ʻo kēia ʻike ʻia ʻana o kahi ana ma lalo o ka Pyramid o ka Moon e hoʻopau ai i ke kolu o nā tunnel lalo i nā hale ʻekolu. A ʻo kahi hopena, manaʻo ʻia ua makemake ka moʻomeheu hale e mimic i ka moʻolelo malalo o ka Honua a hoʻonani i ka honua o ka poʻe make.