Templo Mayor

The view across the Templo Mayor site to a magnificent colonial building nearby. Many buildings were pulled down when excavation started in the 1970's.



Tenochtitlan, the Aztec site rediscovered in 1978, was demolished by the Spaniards in 1520s. It lies right in the heart of the city next to the cathedral and the restoration continues today (last week a large important artefact was found here). Again, as it was a Sunday, entrance was free but with that brings hords of mexicans of all ages with their notebooks copying down every piece of information from the boards that they can. It's great to see that they are studying their own history and sharing this knowledge with their children who are with them. The museum has an excellent collection including full size terracotta eagle warriers and a great wheel like stone of the goddess, Coyolxauhqui.

Wall of carved skulls

Stone wariiers above and a terracotta warrier below

The symbolic Aztec eagle