400-yr-old church emerges from underwater

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September 22, 2016 4:30 PM

The remains of a 400-year-old church recently emerged from underwater in Mexico.

Church ruins

The appearance of the church from the water is nothing short of a miracle.

In Chiapas, Mexico, the ruins of the 400-year-old church recently emerged out of the waters of a reservoir.

Water levels in the area dropped as a result of a recent drought and the ancient site surfaced for the first time in many years.

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It is believed that the church was built by the first Bishop of Chiapas, Friar Bartolome de las Casas I after first arriving in Mexico with a group on monks in the 1540s.

The ruins of the church were submerged in water when the government flooded the area in 1966 to create the Nezahualcoyotl reservoir. This is the second time that the church ruins will emerge since the construction of the dam.

The waters dropped so low in 2002 that curious visitors could actually explore the inside of the ruins.

Historical research shows that the church was built by the Spanish conquistadors. The original building would have been about 30 feet. The structure is 183 feet in length and 42 feet wide.

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