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The Cable Crew and the Goddess
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Creepy DiscoveriesJun 06, 2026

The Cable Crew and the Goddess

The Cable Crew and the Goddess February 21, 1978. Electrical workers in Mexico City dug a trench. Their shovels hit carved stone. It was an 8.5-ton Aztec goddess. Coyolxauhqui, dismembered in myth. Hidden under the capital for 500 years. The entire Templo Mayor lay beneath them. They had been digging behind the cathedral.

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