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The Templo Mayor Museum was inaugurated in 1987. This building was designed to exhibit the archaeological findings of the zone that used to be the Main Temple of Mexica peoples. The collection shows the political, military and aesthetic relevance of the city that dominated Mesoamerica before the Spaniards arrived.
Templo Mayor was the central temple of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlán, now modern-day Mexico City. It was dedicated to Huitzilopochtli, the god of war, and Tlaloc, the god of rain and agriculture, reflecting the Aztecs’ dual focus on warfare and agriculture. The site, discovered in 1978, contains extensive ruins and a museum displaying ...
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Feb 27, 2015 · The Templo Mayor Museum, located next to the actual ruins, contains artefacts excavated from the temple, like this ‘wall of skulls’ (Corbis)
The museum of the Templo Mayor was built in 1987 to house the Templo Mayor Project and its finds—a project which continues work to this day. In 1991, the Urban Archeology Program was incorporated as part of the Templo Mayor Project whose mission is to excavate the oldest area of the city, around the main plaza. [4]
- 3,010.86 ha
- 1987 (11th Session)
- Late Postclassic
- Mexico City, Mexico
The Templo Mayor Museum, in Mexico City’s Zocalo, is one of the museums with greatest impact in Mexico City. Inaugurated in 1987, once the rescue work was completed directed by archaeologist Roberto Matos Moctezuma, from 1978 to 1982. The accidental finding of the monolith with the sculpted image of the Mexica lunar goddess Coyolxauhqui, was ...
The seven major building phases of the Templo Mayor began with a simple structure, probably dedicated to Huitzilopochtli, built in 1325 when Tenochtitlan was founded. Subsequently the Templo Mayor grew enormously both in size and elaboration, resulting in the impressive structure seen by the Spaniards in 1519.
