Palenque Temple XIX Platform Relief South

Palenque: Temple XIX

Temple XIX is home to the most incredible carvings found at Palenque and accompany the detailed story of Ahkal Mo’ Nahb and the birth of the gods

Monument 160 in the Tonina Museum

Brief History of Tonina

The fragmented history of Tonina has been gleaned from its scattered and broken monuments, which suggest it was among the most powerful cities of the Maya.

Sacrificial Altar and Ballcourt 1 at Tonina

Tonina: The Great Plaza

The Great Plaza at Tonina is the first area you enter, before ascending 7 levels to the heavens. Here on Platform 1 though, things are still very much in the depths of the underworld.

Tonina

The Maya city of Tonina is a fascinating puzzle. At its heart, a 72m pyramid rises to the heavens encoded with symbolism and covered in mysterious temples.

View from Pyramid of the Moon at Teotihuacan

History of Teotihuacan

Teotihuacan played a central role in proliferating urban planning and multicultural society across Mesoamerica. Even the Aztec, 700 years after the city had fallen, were greatly influenced by its ideologies.

Teotihuacan

Teotihuacan

Teotihuacan has captured the imagination of all who have set eyes on it since the fourth century. Even the Aztec’s were captivated by it and named it the “Birthplace of the Gods”.

View of Acropolis from Pyramid of the Stelae at Xochicalco

Xochicalco: Central Plaza

The curious alignment of the Central Plaza not only indicates that it was purpose-built for observation, but may also reveal the identity of Xochicalco’s builders.

Xochicalco: A Brief History

With an intense but small period of occupancy, between 650-900AD, and home to many cultural and artistic influences, Xochicalco’s rapid rise and fall is one of Mesoamerica’s greatest mysteries,

Building D and the Stela of the Two Glyphs at Xochicalco

Xochicalco: Plaza of the Two Glyphs

The Plaza of the Two Glyphs is a spectacular space, overlooking the valley below and featuring Xochicalco;s finest buildings – though it is curiously cut off from the city centre,