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Trees, Birds, Ponds: Mexico City's Ancient Lake Reclaims Scrapped Airport
Bright green stalks of weeds are sprouting from the ground where planes were supposed to take off at a new Mexico City airport as officials let nature take over in their bid to transform the marshy swath of an ancient lake into a giant park. (www.voanews.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Do they employ surveyors in Mexico or just drug Lords?
History Channel - Life After People - Documentary 2009.
Two seasons - still available on the Internet....like everything else.
Enjpy, Gnene / KG7XD
Two seasons - still available on the Internet....like everything else.
Enjpy, Gnene / KG7XD
I don't remember the exact story. Legend has it that when the Spanish Conquistadors conquered Mexico their tribal chief hid all the gold, and they had a lot of it in a lake in what is now the Mexico City area. Would be awesome if they found it.
Would be better if I found it, John!
I'd like to see you find it. I don't know you, but hey, someone deserves to find it!
BTW, the scrapped airport is on the oposite side of the the lake, where that battle took place.
Not exactly. When Spaniards tried to escape from the city with the melted gold they took away from Moctezuma, they were discovered. In the ensuing battle, the mules and soldiers that were carrying the gold were sunken into the lake and drowned. The gold have never been found, and many people, including mexican presidents, tried to found that gold, by desecating the lake. That victory for the Aztecs is known as the "Sad Night" by the spaniards, that a year later returned to the city and conquered it.