Incredible 2,000-year-old stone mask found at ancient ‘Pyramid of the Sun’ has people making stunning Hollywood link

THE astonishing find of a 2000-year-old disguise astatine the basal of a Pyramid successful Mexico has sparked ties to an iconic 90s Hollywood movie.

Archaeologists unearthed the treasure astatine the Pyramid of the Sun portion trawling done a passageway built astir 100 years ago.

It was determination successful the bedrock of 1 of Mexico's astir awesome monuments that researchers recovered the greenish serpentine look covering.

One similar it had ne'er been recovered earlier successful the portion - and was thought to person been portion of a ritual by those who erstwhile lived there.

Some of the academics moving connected the project, from Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History, thought it mightiness person been a representation due to the fact that of however lifelike it was.

Resurfaced images from the 2011 excursion person present prompted comparisons connected Reddit by those who are reminded of a deed drama movie starring Jim Carrey.

The Mask - which debuted successful 1994 - saw him don a greenish look covering which turned him into a superhero.

Quoting iconic lines from the film, radical flocked to the societal media tract to person their say.

One wrote: "Uh oh, present we spell again. DO NOT PUT THAT ON YOUR FACE!!!"

Another wrote: "Sssmokin'!", portion idiosyncratic added: "Jim Carrey has entered the chat."

The Mask besides starred Cameron Diaz, and saw mind-bending scenes of Carrey's greenish rima successful each sorts of contorted positions.

The Pyramid of the Sun, successful confederate Mexico, is portion of a celebrated archaeological tract - Teotihuacan.

Just northbound eastbound of Mexico City, the tract dates backmost to astir 100 BC.

It stood arsenic a metropolis for hundreds of years, named by the Aztecs, earlier residents are believed to person built the pyramid successful astir 100 AD.

The disguise was uncovered arsenic researches ploughed done a passageway built by archaeologists successful the 1930s.

They besides unearthed shards of clay pottery, carnal bones and 3 serpentine quality figurines.

At its peak, Teotihuacan was bustling with 200,000 people.

Verónica Ortega, manager of the Integral Conservation Project for the Plaza of the Moon, said of the discovery: "These ample offering complexes represent the ineffable bosom of the metropolis of Teotihuacán, the crushed wherefore everyone saw it arsenic the mecca of the civilization.

"What tin beryllium recovered wrong them volition assistance unravel the narration this past metropolis had with different regions of Mesoamerica."