Welcome to the Teotihuacan Home Page! We have created this site to offer the general public and experts around the world access to information about this ancient city. It consists of introductory pages, recent excavation reports and academic journals. In addition, we provide links to other Mesoamerican sites. Please help us make this site a valuable tool by providing us with your suggestions and ...

Teotihuacan, commonly translated from the Nahuatl as City of the Gods , is organized around this central axis, now called the Avenue of the Dead . It is not exactly a road, since it is blocked off in many places to create courtyards near monumental architecture. The name stems from an early rumor that this was where the Teotihuacanos buried their kings. While most scholars have discarded this ...

A burial chamber containing what may be the remains of a retainer of an early ruler of Teotihuacan has been found within the Pyramid of the Moon.

In AD 1325 the wandering Mexica tribe known to us as the Aztecs founded their great city of Tenochtitl n. According to legend, they had been told by the gods to build their city in the spot where an eagle, perched on a cactus, would be seen eating a snake. The symbols were found in an region of lakes and islands, the area that would become today's Mexico City.

HISTORY OF MESO-AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE TEOTIHUACAN No.1 : Teotihuacan, Mexico; Proto Classic-Early Classic; B.C.100-600 Teotihuacan I; Late Formative; B.C.300-100 (the city was the northern part of Teotihuacan) Teotihuacan II; Proto Classic; B.C.100-A.D.300 Teotihuacan III; Early Classic; A.D.300-600 (Teotihuacan IV); the city moved to Cholula etc. In Early Classic Period, The city covered more ...

Shortly after the Olmec civilization vanished, a new civilization arose in the second century BC in the valley of Mexico. This grand civilization would dominate the culture of the valley of Mexico for almost a millenium and stands as the most significant cultural influence throughout the history of Central American civilizations. This civilization was centered around the city of Teotihuacan. At ...

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La Sala de Teotihuacan Click on the photo to the left to view the only finished free-standing large stone monument from the site of Teotihuacan. Click on the photo to the left to see various images of the Teotihuacan mural reconstructions on display at the National Museum. Also linked to this photo is an example of an actual section of mural brought to the museum from the site of Teotihuacan.