A Day in Teotihuacan. The City of The Gods

Teotihuacán is one of the major tourist attractions in Mexico City – a place that’s full of attractions. I urge you to go. It’s easy to get to. There are decent eating places out there and lots to see and do. There’s a museum and a cultural center and plenty of places to buy souvenirs. And if you’re feeling energetic, try the climb up to the top of either pyramid. At the very summit of the Pyramid of the Sun there’s a metal spike sticking up an inch or so out of the stone. Do what everyone did when we were up there - hold on to it and let the Pyramid’s energy flow into your body.

If you go with an experienced guide, one who knows his or her stuff, there’s lots to learn and see and think about. But if you just want to visit and take in the ambiance of one of the world’s great archaeological sites, then Teotihuacan is still enjoyable and rewarding.
Alan Cogan.

Avenue of The Dead / Calzada de los Muertos

Teotihuacan arose as a new religious center in the Mexican Highland, around the time of Christ. Although its incipient period (the first two centuries B.C.) is poorly understood, archaeological data show that the next two centuries (Tzacualli to Miccaotli phases; A.D. 1-200) were characterized by monumental construction, during which Teotihuacan quickly became the largest and most populous urban center in the New World. By this time, the city already appears to have expanded to approximately 20 square km, with about 60,000 to 80,000 inhabitants (Millon 1981:221). The development of the city seems to have involved inter-site population movements, exploitation of natural resources, an increase in agricultural production, technological inventions, establishment of trading systems and other kinds of socio-political organizations, and attractive belief systems. By the fourth century, unmistakable influences of Teotihuacan were felt throughout most parts of Mesoamerica. Teotihuacan was the sixth largest city in the world during its period of greatest prosperity, according to an estimated population of 125,000 (Millon 1993:33). The city seems to have functioned for centuries as a well-developed urban center until its rather sudden collapse, possibly in the seventh century. The place was called Teotihuacan by Nahuatl speakers several centuries after the city's fall, but its original name, the language or languages spoken there, and the ethnic groups who built the city are still unknown.

Saburo Sugiyama: Arizona State University, Dept. of Anthropology, Tempe, AZ 85287 ©Copyright 1996 Project Temple of Quetzalcoatl, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico/ ASU

Street Vendor

This girl sells almost everything, mainly fast food, cigars, sodas, bottled water, etc.

Roof Water Tanks / Tinacos

Earth Day

Words (author unknown). In the background, The Popocatpetl volcano

¿Acaso es verdad que se vive en la Tierra?

¿Acaso para siempre en la Tierra?

¡Sólo un breve instante aquí!

Poesía náhuatl

Man and Dog

In a little town of Mexico.

Shadows

Textures

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Peaceful

Paradox

An old woman begging for money to eat, sit on the stairs of a church and the curiosity of the little girl.

Traffic in B&W / Trafico en ByN

Metrobus and light traffic in Insurgentes Ave., this street one of the longest of the world, crosses the city North to South or viceversa. (El Metrobus y algo de trafico en Av. Insurgentes, una de las mas grandes del mundo, atraviesa la ciudad casi en su totalidad de Norte a Sur o viceversa).

Dance of 6.3 Richter

Friday at 0:42 AM Epicenter on Pacific coastal 155 miles of Mexico City (En la madrugada del viernes a las 0:42 Hrs. con epicentro en la costa del Pacifico, a 155 millas de la ciudad) No damage, just the scare.

Flyover

Two views of an elevated pedestrian crossing or flyover from a shopping mall to an hospital.

House with Yellows

La Casa en el Aire / The House on the Air

Work by Mexican architect, Agustin Hernandez.

La imaginacion produce formas y cosas desconocidas. El Poeta diseña y da nombre y habitacion a cosas que parecen surgir de la nada.

W. Shakespeare

Flea Market

Sunday flea market, where you can get paintings, movies, music, antiques and all sort of things

The Gown

Bride shop of a little town near the city.

Rural church

A little church near the city.

A little friend

A little friend named Rothko, just 3 months old, wants to learn how to type.

Workers

At mid-morning they broke for lunch and take some relax.

Citadel

Workers on a new building in Santa Fe area.

Bancanal

Bench "Bancanal" by Luis M. Serrano from the exhibition 'Benches Dialogue'

Every Picture Tells a Story

Fallen Leaf