Ancient Mexican City May Have Had as Many Buildings as Manhattan

A new discovery was made in Mexico which took the world by storm. According to the archaeologist team that was undergoing the excavations, an ancient civilization lived in this area and the city might have had as many buildings in it as modern-day Manhattan does.

The discovery was made to the west of Mexico City close to the city of Morelia where the ancient city that dates back to 900 AD seems to be situated.

It was originally inhabited by a civilization known as the Purepecha. They are famously known for being the rivals of the Aztecs.

The city had originally been built over thousands of years old lava flow and it spanned over 16 square miles altogether.

Through the use of Light Detection and Ranging scanning, the team was able to see just how many buildings were in this city, to begin with, and how large they could have been in the first place.

The results soon came to them and they were shocked, to say the least, to find out that over 40,000 buildings might have been built here, to begin with, in ancient times.

The city of Angamuco was originally discovered 11 years ago in 2007, but they never thought it was as big or advanced as it actually was.

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