Origins Of Pyramid: Experts Believe That The Original Construction Can Be Found In Mexico

Pyramids are one of the world's wonders. Their origin may not be clear to many. Now, a team of archaeologists might discover the original pyramid structure in Mexico.

It has been reported last Wednesday that archaeologists discovered what may be the original structure built on the pyramid of Kukulkan at the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza.

It is also has been discovered last year that the pyramid also known as El Castillo was onto a subterranean river or a cenote. The archaeologists discovered this with the help of electrical imagining techniques. It has already been known by the archaeologists that a smaller pyramid is enveloped underneath the visible temple.

The researchers said that they had noticed an even smaller structure within the other two structures. The experts use the "ERT-3D" or the tri-dimensional electric resistivity tomography. They have found that a 10 meter (yard) tall structure in the 20 meter (yard) tall "intermediate" pyramid was enclosed by the last stage of construction. The experts have estimated that is around 900 A.D.

Denisse Lorenia Argote, an archaeologist, said that "if we can research this structure in the future, it could be important, because it could tell us about the first-period inhabitants" of the location. Argote, who is also from the Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History, added that the first structure might be in the "pure Maya" style from about 500 and 800 A.D., according to New York Times.

In line with this, San Diego anthropology professor, Geoffrey Braswell from the University of California who also conducted a separate research at the Chichen Itza, suggests that the discovery may be new, or may be a structure detected in the 1940s.

Braswell said that "The tunnel was unstable, so we know very little about this platform. It appears to be much smaller than the outer two pyramids, and is not perfectly aligned with them."

Meanwhile, a researcher from National Autonomous University's Institute of Geophysics Rene Chavez said that "It's like a Russian nesting doll. Under the large one, we get another and another," as quoted by BBC News.