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– and sometimes, as with a recent earthquake in Mexico City, much of the hard digging work is done by nature.19 September 2022, near Mexico's west coast, killing two, and the rumbling was felt in Mexico City, around 400 kilometers away. The shocks damaged several buildings, including a law school near the city center.
It was from under this building's foundations that archaeologists from Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History recovered a huge stone snake head carving, dating back more than 500 years toMeasuring 1.8 meters long, 1 meter high, and 85 centimeters wide, the snake head is estimated to weigh around 1.2 metric tons . It's probably bigger – and a lot heavier – than the couch in your living room.
It's an astonishing find, which was carefully removed from the original site via crane. When discovered, the stone snake head was approximately 4.
Color preservation work will continue into 2024, and the team in charge hopes that the moisture that the snake's head has built up across the centuries will slowly be released – at a pace that doesn't damage the finish of the stone.
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