Page 175 - Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock

Graham Hancock – FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

Reconstruction of Teotihuacan, looking down the Way of the Dead
from behind the Pyramid of the Moon. The Pyramid of the Sun lies to
the left of the Way of the Dead. Visible in the distance beyond it is
the pyramid-temple of Quetzalcoatl inside the large compound of the
citadel.
There was, of course, no proof of Schlemmer’s theory. However, when I
remembered the fixation with earthquakes and floods apparent
everywhere in Mexican mythology, and the equally obsessive concern
with forecasting future events evident in the Maya calendar, I felt less
inclined to dismiss the apparently far-fetched conclusions of the
American engineer. If Schlemmer were right, if the ancient Teotihuacanos
had indeed understood the principles of resonant vibration and had put
them into practice in seismic forecasting, the implication was that they
were the possessors of an advanced science. And if people like Hagar and
Harleston were right—if, for example, a scale-model of the solar system
had also been built into the basic geometry of Teotihuacan—this too
suggested that the city was founded by a scientifically evolved civilization
not yet identified.
I continued to walk northwards along the Street of the Dead and turned
east towards the Pyramid of the Sun. Before reaching this great
monument, however, I paused to examine a ruined patio, the principal
feature of which was an ancient ‘temple’ which concealed a perplexing
mystery beneath its rock floor.

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