Mexico, 2017: Mexico City and Surroundings
Museo Nacional de Antropologia
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Apr 14, 2017: Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico City. This is the largest and most visited museum in Mexico. It has items from all over Mexico. Here is just a sampling of its riches.
The Acrobat, Tlatilco, 1300-800 BC
Burial group, Tlatilco, 1400-600 BC. Two hundred or more sacrificial burials were found at the pyramid, believed to be carried out as part of the dedication of the temple.
Decorations from the 6 level Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent, Teotihuacan.
The Chalchiuhtlicue Monolith. Chalchiuhtlicue symbolized the purity and preciousness of spring, river, and lake water that was used to irrigate the fields. As a fertility goddess, she portrays the Aztec ideal of fertile young womanhood. Classical period, 300-800 AD.
Solar disk
La coraza de Tula", an armor and necklace made of 1,413 different types of shells dating from the Post classic Mesoamerican Period, around 900 to 1200 A.D.
Wowee!
The Stone of the Sun
Considered to be the national symbol of Mexico
Chac-Mool
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