The Ancient Ruins of Teotihuacan Reveal the Lost Aztec Civilization Judith Fein - The Huffington Post
go to original October 17, 2013

The Pyramids at Teotihuacán, Mexico. Views to and from the Pyramid of the Sun, Pyramid of the Moon, Temple of Quetzalcoatl, Avenue of the Dead. (milosh9k)

People who visit Teotihuacan, outside of Mexico City, for the first time, often wonder if it was built by aliens. How else could humans who had nothing but stone tools construct a city with broad avenues, a main street that points to astronomical north, huge stone pyramids aligned to the sun and moon, and carvings that evoke the gods, the underworld and the mysteries of cultural cosmology?

... By around 100 C.E., a well-planned city began to emerge, and the construction of the famed pyramids of the sun and moon was underway. By 300 C.E., the sprawling city probably extended over 20 square kilometers. In about 1200 C.E., the nomadic Aztecs came through the largely abandoned site. They saw the massive stone structures and thought the gods had built it. In their language, Teotihuacan means "city of gods."

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