CompuServe Messages

The Aztec (oops, not Inca, Jack… they were a few miles south) stuff in the entire Valley of Mexico is being slowly corroded, much like the artifacts in Egypt. Last time I was at Teotihuacan, the ceremonial centre just outside Mexico City, it was obvious that the contaminants were destroying the remining bits of the plaster and painting that had been recovered, sometimes almost intact, on walls and surfaces. Either my eyes are much worse, or the colors are fading and the mortar is crumbling. I found that smoking a nice cigarette in that city was like a breath of fresh air… sort of pre-empted the gunk in the atmosphere. <g>