Mexico archaeologists find temple to wind god beneath supermarket
by Associated Press in Mexico City from on (#23J33)
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Archaeologists working in Mexico City have uncovered a circular temple built more than 650 years ago to worship a god of wind.
It was excavated at a site discovered two years ago when a mid-20th-century supermarket was demolished. The circular platform, about 36ft in diameter and 4ft tall, now sits in the shadow of a shopping mall under construction.
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