The mica temple is probably the most amazing object in Teotihuacan, although it does not stand out so much in appearance from other buildings that, without knowing about it in advance, you can easily walk literally a stone's throw from it and not notice anything. But even knowing about the existence of the Mica Temple, but not having an idea of its exact location, you still have to search for it for a long time. It's all about the extremely unfortunate name that archaeologists gave it when they discovered it in 1973.
At the word “temple”, a certain stereotype of a rather prominent and relatively isolated structure with some signs of cult elements such as an altar or an object of worship immediately arises in the head. However, in this case, there is absolutely nothing of the kind. The mica temple is absolutely nothing like the temple itself. These are literally several rooms in the general row of buildings along the Road of the Dead, from which it is distinguished only by the presence of a couple of small modern sheds that protect the most valuable parts of this structure from the scorching sun and rain - those parts where there is access to one of the most non-trivial materials that when - or found in ancient buildings - to mica.
The presence of such material makes this structure stand out from the whole complex. Nothing else like this (apart from the discovery by Bartres of a layer of mica at the top of the pyramid of the Sun) has not been found in Teotihuacan. However, and not only in Teotihuacan, but all over the world. And therefore, the Mica Temple is unique in the literal sense of the word.
There is no doubt that mica was not here by chance, since its location in a brightly highlighted layer clearly indicates the purposefulness of creating just such a structure. And even more so as the mica was brought here from afar. Analyzes, which were carried out shortly after the discovery of the Mica Temple, showed that the mica was brought here from … Brazil! But this is no less than four thousand (!!!) kilometers from Teotihuacan.
Mica in the hands of the caretaker.
True, the caretaker who showed us the mica claimed that it was brought here from Oaxaca. Oaxaca is one of the states of Mexico, and this is "just some" two or three hundred kilometers from Teotihuacan, not four thousand.
A strange discrepancy … I wonder where the new version of the origin of this material came from? …
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The caretaker even pinched it off and presented us with a piece of mica, and a little later gave it to be pinched off. So, if desired, one could conduct an independent comparative analysis and try to determine where the mica came from. However, on reflection, we decided not to get involved in such a very difficult (especially considering the range of probable sources) occupation as a serious physicochemical analysis, since it was still impossible to guarantee that the piece of mica lying on top and raised by the caretaker was not put there, for example, much later the discovery of the Mica Temple, when archaeologists were already shocked by the option of the Brazilian origin of this material. And this did not change anything in the most important issue. Oaxaca - of course, not Brazil, but hundreds of kilometers - not thousands, but in any case we are talking about the fact that mica was brought here on purpose and transported from afar!.. So - there was a need!.. What need? …
Western part of the Mica Temple.
The very construction of the Mica Temple raises many questions. This is a room on two levels, between which an overlap of appreciable thickness. Today this floor is supported by concrete structures. But earlier it was kept at the expense of something. And apparently, it is precisely due to a durable solution - the same lime-based concrete.
A narrow and low corridor leads into a two-level room, which in some ways even resembles a hole, into which you can squeeze, bending over. The entrance to this corridor begins in a kind of inner courtyard, which is located on the eastern side of the temple and also has two "floors". It is curious that neither in the western room nor in the eastern "courtyard" there are any fixed stairs between the levels. And we could get down only by a wobbly metal ladder, which the inspector got from somewhere from a secluded corner.
Descent to the lower tier of the Mica Temple.
This courtesy of the caretaker allowed us to familiarize ourselves in more detail with the features of the Mica Temple, which, when examining the lower tier, only increased our bewilderment.
The corridor leading from the “courtyard” to the lower part of the western room is several meters deep in the thickness of the rather sloppy masonry, which looks more like a simple building backfill than the masonry itself. And over this bottle is mica!..
In the corridor of the Mica Temple.
The features of the location of this mica are even stranger. It (however, like the "temple" as a whole) literally amazes with its meaninglessness, if you look at it from the usual point of view.
On top of a quarry of stone and clay lies a layer of mica several centimeters thick; then there is an additional layer of rubble above it, thirty to forty centimeters thick; then the second layer of mica is also several centimeters thick, and on top of it there is again masonry - of rather large stone slabs, which, thanks to pouring with concrete, forms a monolithic outer layer.
Arrangement of mica.
If, with a certain amount of imagination, in relation to other buildings of the Teotihuacan complex, one can also admit their religious and cult purpose, or at least imagine them as some kind of household or auxiliary premises, then there is no doubt about the Mica Temple - this is a purely technical structure. And it is, of course, not only the use of mica in general that suggests this idea, but also its strange location inside the masonry, since it deliberately excludes the decorative function. But then why did the builders need such a structure? …
It is hardly possible now to give an exact answer. One can only make some assumptions based on the specific properties of mica, which also determine the modern areas of its technical application. In modern industry, mica is used, for example, in capacitors. It is appreciated as a good thermal and electrical insulator. Mica is opaque to fast neutrons and can be used as a moderator of nuclear reactions. And it cannot be ruled out that it may possess similar insulating properties in relation to even other types of radiation unknown to us.
Top layer of mica.
But if we focus on the insulating properties of mica, the question arises: what was, in fact, isolated from what then, what was it protected from? … And there are several options.
Let's say that there was some kind of equipment at the top that generated some kind of radiation during its operation. For the Indian civilization, of course, this is absurd, but in Teotihuacan we have traces of a highly developed civilization in a technical respect. And for such a civilization there is nothing absurd in such an assumption.
So, let us assume that the equipment on the upper tier of the Mica Temple emitted certain fields as the main or even a by-product of its work. Then what exactly could be protected with the help of mica placed under the floor? … Below, directly under the mica, there is nothing but rubble!..
One could assume that there is a third tier of this room - even lower. But it seems to me that archaeologists would hardly have missed the opportunity to dig deeper, having stumbled upon such a rather non-trivial structure. Most likely they did it. And since there is absolutely no information that there is some other room below, then it is very likely that it is not there. But in this case, it turns out that they were protecting from the radiation generated by some equipment … just the planet Earth!..
This hypothesis seems very, very fantastic, since it is difficult even to imagine what kind of equipment it could be that fits in a room just a few meters by a few meters and from which the whole planet had to be saved …
As a second option, we can assume that it was necessary to protect someone or something in the room above from something coming from below, that is, to focus on the opposite direction of influence.
Then the question remains: what was it necessary to defend against …
At present, strictly speaking, we do not know any radiation generated by the planet Earth that would be harmful either to humans or to equipment. But this is only at the modern level of knowledge. However, it cannot be ruled out that we do not know everything here. In the end, talking about the so-called geopathogenic zones may well be a real physical impact, including negative. Moreover, today in a number of studies of these zones it is often possible to record anomalous phenomena. So, in principle, theoretically, it is quite possible that there are some types of radiation, some types of fields that are not yet known to us. How is it possible that our planet is a powerful source of such fields …
Then if something (or someone) sensitive to such radiation was located on the upper tier, he might need additional protection, the functions of which were performed by such a strange construction of mica layers. Why not…
Buta layer with a drainage channel in the Slyudyanoy temple.
However, there is another very strange detail in the construction of the Mica Temple. Around the center of the rubble layer, which is located under the mica, there is something like a drain or a water conduit - a drainage channel of unknown purpose. It is incomprehensible because its finding here raises a lot of questions.
Why, unlike other places in Teotihuacan, the canal was laid not immediately below the floor surface, but at a depth of about a meter and a half? … Why was it necessary to drive water under two layers of mica in the thickness of a stone? … And water? … Or maybe some other liquid or solution? … Where and where did this channel lead? … And why now it breaks off directly in the corridor connecting the two parts of the "temple"? … After all, if this is its initial state, then it turns out that the Mica "temple" was something like a pool in two parts or two large baths, which were filled up to about half with water or some kind of liquid … More than a strange design …
Drainage channel in the mica temple.
Given the presence of such a strange detail, another version can be put forward. And if not just water flowed through this drainage channel, but some kind of liquid, which was the source of some radiation? And it was from him that it was necessary to protect the equipment or people who were above the drainage channel. Protect with two fairly thick layers of mica.
Then the question arises: what in general could have flowed through the drainage channels of the Teotihuacan complex? … Is it only water, as historians assure us? …
Alas. No studies have been conducted to shed light on this issue. For one banal reason: in order to search for something, you must first put forward a corresponding hypothesis. It is clear that archaeologists could not put forward a version of the technogenic purpose of both the drainage canals and the Slyudyanoy Temple itself. Although for techies, such a focus of this "temple" is literally striking …
And again, it is worth remembering about the non-triviality of the drainage channel design mentioned earlier. Isn't their multi-layered complex overlap and literally "immersion in concrete" the result of the same general reasons that led to the need to use mica in the Mica Temple? …
Information about the use of mica in the upper layers of the pyramid of the Sun suggests the same questions. And by the way, the descriptions of the underground natural tunnel under this pyramid also mention "a complex drainage system of tubular stone segments connected to each other" …
In general, there is still something to puzzle over …
Author: Andrey Sklyarov