Teotihuacan

Posted: December 19, 2019 by admin

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This was the greatest city in Mesoamerica, reaching a population of 200,000 at its peak around 650 AD. It dates from about 100 BC and encompassed up to 8 square miles. In all of the ancient ruins that I have seen world wide, the scale of this one dwarfs the others. Only Angkor Wat overall is at all similar in size. In the course of 2 days visiting, I alone covered over 12 miles walking to the various key sites that are scattered in and outside the formal park boundaries. You can visit this as a day trip from Mexico City but I highly recommend staying in the local town so that you can visit it in the hours before and after the tour buses are there. My hotel was just off site allowing me to walk into the park when I wanted.

The pyramid of the moon.
I had to do these steps in order to really see the feathered serpent pyramid in the next shot. Terrifying due to lack of railings, but I did get up there and down somehow.
The pyramid of the feathered serpent. Richly decorated for sure.
Unearthing this site graphically shows the method of constructing a new complex directly over the existing one. Common through ancient Mexico.
Ruins unearthed below the level of the city today.
The pyramid of the sun. Loved the lazy dogs basking in the morning sun. The ancient goal was to recreate a mountain and honor a specific god, in this case the rain god, not the sun.
The initial steps up the pyramid of the sun. The only ones without railings, but getting to the first platform freaked me out so much I could not continue. With the height fears that i have the initial start down without railings is totally terrifying. So, unlike the thousands of others each day, I did not get to the top.
The Puma Mural, along the Street of the Dead. It is likely that 1500+ years ago all of the buildings all along the entire way were richly decorated like this.
Pyramid of the moon. As you approach it along the main street, it initially mirrors and hides the real mountain behind it. Again, totally man made mountain of a sort.
A room in La Ventilla, one of a number of housing complexes in and outside of the main city. These complexes were sort of like apartment buildings, housing 20-100 people thought in most cases to be an extended family or people doing the same type of work. The quality of the remains were really great here. But, wow was it a long, hot walk out into the countryside to find it!
Another room in La Ventilla.

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