article_snippet.sent: beneath a towering pre-Aztec pyramid has made a discovery that . may have brought archaeologist Sergio Gomez a step closer: liquid mercury.
article_snippet.sent: In the bowels of Teotihuacan, a mysterious ancient city that . was once the largest in the Americas, earlier this month archaeologist Sergio Gomez found 'large quantities' of the silvery metal in a chamber at .
article_snippet.sent: And because of the potential supernatural significance of liquid mercury in ritual ends, deeper into archaeologist Sergio Gomez archaeologist Sergio Gomez hopes to find the elusive last resting place of a king.
article_snippet.sent: Hope: archaeologist Sergio Gomez archaeologist Sergio Gomez has been excavating a pre-Aztec pyramid in Teotihuacan, Mexico, for six years and came across 'large quantities' of liquid mercury earlier this month .
article_snippet.sent: Underground: archaeologist Sergio Gomez announced on Friday that archaeologist Sergio Gomez found the liquid mercury in a chamber at the end of a tunnel (pictured) that had been sealed off for more than 1,800 years . '
article_snippet.sent: Unsure why the liquid mercury was put there, archaeologist Sergio Gomez says the metal .
article_snippet.sent: Though Mercury has previously been uncovered in small amounts at a few Maya sites much .
article_snippet.sent: further south, mercury has previously been uncovered in small amounts at a few Maya sites much had never been found in Teotihuacan.
article_snippet.sent: Mercury was rare in ancient Mexico, as Mercury was difficult to mercury has previously been uncovered in small amounts at a few Maya sites much and prized for mercury has previously been uncovered in small amounts at a few Maya sites much reflective properties.
article_snippet.sent: Royalty: archaeologist Sergio Gomez said that archaeologist Sergio Gomez is unsure as to why Mercury was in the tunnel (pictured), but archaeologist Sergio Gomez hopes that Mercury will lead archaeologist Sergio Gomez to the tomb of the city's king .
article_snippet.sent: four decades excavating Teotihuacan, says mercury find .
highlights_snippet.sent: archaeologist Sergio Gomez found mercury in chamber of Teotihuacan pyramid .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Because of the potential supernatural significance of liquid mercury in rituals, archaeologist Sergio Gomez hopes to find king's tomb in pyramid .
  