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Graham Hancock – <strong>FINGERPRINTS</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>THE</strong> <strong>GODS</strong><br />

Reconstruction of Teotihuacan, looking down the Way of the Dead<br />

from behind the Pyramid of the Moon. The Pyramid of the Sun lies to<br />

the left of the Way of the Dead. Visible in the distance beyond it is<br />

the pyramid-temple of Quetzalcoatl inside the large compound of the<br />

citadel.<br />

There was, of course, no proof of Schlemmer’s theory. However, when I<br />

remembered the fixation with earthquakes and floods apparent<br />

everywhere in Mexican mythology, and the equally obsessive concern<br />

with forecasting future events evident in the Maya calendar, I felt less<br />

inclined to dismiss the apparently far-fetched conclusions of the<br />

American engineer. If Schlemmer were right, if the ancient Teotihuacanos<br />

had indeed understood the principles of resonant vibration and had put<br />

them into practice in seismic forecasting, the implication was that they<br />

were the possessors of an advanced science. And if people like Hagar and<br />

Harleston were right—if, for example, a scale-model of the solar system<br />

had also been built into the basic geometry of Teotihuacan—this too<br />

suggested that the city was founded by a scientifically evolved civilization<br />

not yet identified.<br />

I continued to walk northwards along the Street of the Dead and turned<br />

east towards the Pyramid of the Sun. Before reaching this great<br />

monument, however, I paused to examine a ruined patio, the principal<br />

feature of which was an ancient ‘temple’ which concealed a perplexing<br />

mystery beneath its rock floor.<br />

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