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In 2008, archaeologists led by Saburo Sugiyama found a tomb containing important evidence that may help define and examine an active period in Teotihuacán history.

It may also help define some of the Aztec's defining moments.

Teotihuacán was the largest city in Mesoamerica with over 100, 000 residents.

It is here that the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon were built.

The Pyramid of the Sun was built for Tlaloc and, as stated earlier, the Pyramid of the Moon built for Chalchiuhtlicue.

The tomb that Saburo Sugiyama found was dedicated to Chalchiuhtlicue.

It housed a single human male sacrifice along with a wolf, jaguar, puma, serpent, bird, skeletons, and over 400 other artifacts.

Among some of these artifacts were large greenstone and obsidian figurines, ceremonial knives, and spear points.

The archaeologists also found frescos of former religions painted in red and green, some referred to agricultural and natural rain cycles.

When looking underneath the Pyramid of the Moon, a Chalchiuhtlicue statue was found and has since been moved to El Museo Nacional de Antropologia in Mexico City.

Also found underneath the pyramid were many tombs containing ornaments of birds and jaguars.