Templo Mayor
ancient Aztec holy site found under the corner of the main Zocalo in Mexico City in 1978

I was in Mexico City for my first time in 1978 and saw the beginning of the excavation
it was a very exciting find and an exciting time to be there

now the excavations are more extensive
4 city blocks

ancient ruins right in the heart of the city

if you took down the buildings surrounding the square
I bet there are many more

the Spanish first saw the Templo Mayor in 1519
as soon as they could they tore down it down and built their temple on top
the great cathedral
you can see it in the background of the above photo

this describes how the Aztecs re-built this temple at least 7 times

they had the remodel bug bad too

the site was pretty amazing
especially since it jumped out of the past
into a modern world

they had some death fetish for sure, rows of carved skulls...

little men holding little bowls to hold the hearts of sacrificed victims,

too much information?

right around the corner on our way back

Eduardo causally says, that is where I went to high school

we thought he was kidding

no, he really went to school there, literally over ancient Aztec ruins!

we were so beat after all that walking in the sun

(Mexico City is over 7,000 feet above sea level)

we took one of the electric/petal cabs back to the hotel

nice and open air

manana - Teotihuacan

an ancient city  that was  abandoned even before the Aztecs got there

ps manana does not really mean tomorrow, it just means, not today.......