But the newly found pyramid is 100 to 200 years older. The scientists also found a sculpture of a god (representing either Tlaloc, a rain god, or Tezcatlipoca, god of the sky) and five skulls.

The Aztecs (or Mexica) spread from their original home, the island city of Mexcaltitán on the Pacific Coast in around A.D. 1100, conquering everything in their path.

The pyramid is about 35 feet high, and its ruins include a statue of an Aztec god, as well as several rooms full of skulls. This is completely cool in a kind of Chariots of the Gods kind of way.

Archeologists made a stunning discovery in Mexico Wednesday when they uncovered an ancient temple nestled inside an Aztec-era pyramid that was damaged during the 7.1-magnitude earthquake and ...