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Treasures of Teotihuacan go on display

by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) on Jul 28th 2011 at 10:30AM

Teotihuacan is the New World's most impressive city. Founded in the second century BC, it was a center of civilization for 800 years. Its Pyramid of the Sun has a greater volume than even the Great Pyramid at Giza, Egypt. Teotihuacan is located in modern Mexico just outside Mexico City. In a country filled with amazing ancient ruins, it's one of the best.

An exhibit at Caixa Forum, one of Madrid's leading art galleries, highlights the treasures of this civilization. Teotihuacan: Ciudad de los Dioses (Teotihuacan: City of the Gods) brings together some 400 artifacts and works of art to show the rise and fall of the city and its empire. The exhibition is divided into themed sections about the construction of the city, the arts, religion, palace life, and the mysterious destruction of Teotihuacan. Many of the objects displayed are beautiful, such as the inlaid jade masks and fearsome statues of the gods.

If you're going to Mexico, I highly recommend that you visit this UNESCO World Heritage Site for yourself. I've been to a lot of ancient cities all over the world, but Teotihuacan simply blew me away.

Teotihuacan: Ciudad de los Dioses runs from July 27 until November 13.

[Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons]

Filed under: Arts and Culture, History, Learning, Europe, North America, Spain, Mexico

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

sylvabugg2 Jul 28th 2011 10:46AM

Would have been nice to see some pictures of the artifacts, that is, after all, what I came to this site for.

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