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The ruined city of Teotihuacan was declared a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1987 (archive image)
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According to a media report, four bouquets of flowers were found under a pyramid in the Mexican ruined city of Teotihuacán, the age of which is estimated to be more than 1,800 years.
The responsible archaeologist Sergio Gómez spoke of a "very important find," as the newspaper "La Jornada" reported.
The discovery was made in a tunnel 18 meters below the temple of the god Quetzalcóatl - one of the three main pyramids of the "City of Gods", around 50 kilometers northeast of Mexico City.
The flower stems were in good condition and still tied - with cords, which were probably made of cotton, Gómez told the sheet.
What kind of flowers it was and what purpose they served was initially unclear.
According to Gómez, they were likely used in a ritual.
An examination of the bouquets could help to understand which rites were practiced in the pyramid.
Between the first and seventh centuries AD, Teotihuacán developed into one of the most powerful cities in pre-Columbian America and one of the largest metropolises in the world - in its heyday more than 100,000 people lived there.
For reasons that were still not entirely clear, the city was abandoned afterwards.
The complex was declared a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1987 and is one of the most important tourist attractions in Mexico.
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