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Strapped for Cash, Mexico Will Re-Bury a Tunnel Filled With Aztec Petroglyphs That Was Meant to Become a Tourist Site
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Tunnel Discovered With Aztec Carvings Will Be Reburied After Museum Loses Funding
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The large gate uncovered near Mexico City in 2019. (Photo: Edith Camacho / INAH)
In October 2019, Mexican archaeologists found intriguing reliefs carved around a sluice gate of a 5 km-long, 400-year-old tunnel under the outskirts of Mexico City. But now, the museum that orchestrated the dig says the archaeologists will need to cover up the amazing finds, as the museum lacks the funds to properly safeguard the site as an exhibit.
The museum the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) ascribed the reburial to losses suffered due to the covid-19 pandemic. “It must be considered that the world-wide COVID-19 health emergency forced all levels of government to place priority on assigning money to health care for the population. For that reason, the archaeological project had to be postponed,” the museum statement read, according to the AP. The museum hopes that putting dirt bac