Cave drawings discovered on a sacred mountain show that the massive ancient city of Teotihuacan had a functioning writing system
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“Archaeologists discovered three red glyphs in a Mexican cave that identify a 'Singing Mountain' and a warrior title, providing evidence of a previously unknown writing system used by the ancient city of Teotihuacan.”
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