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Teotihuacan, "Place of the Gods" was the most important
ceremonial center in Mesoamerica. At the height of     
its importance, Teotihuacan had a population of        
200.000. Plaza of the Moon, two platforms and the      
Pyramid of the Moon. 3rd-6th. Height 42 m
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Teotihuacan, "Place of the Gods" was the most important ceremonial center in Mes...

Teotihuacan, Temple of Quetzalcoatl, the Feathered     
Serpent, and Tlaloc, the rain-god. Heads of Jaguars,   
symbol of death, jut out from flowers, symbol of       
plenitude; the god Tlaloc is shown with a face of      
corncobs and large goggles (3rd-6th CE).
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Teotihuacan, Temple of Quetzalcoatl, the Feathered Serpent, and Tlaloc, the...

Mask of the rain-god Tlaloc; his face is made of       
corncobs, his eyes are covered by large goggles        
like the obsidian- or gold rings put over the eyes     
of the dead. From the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and       
Tlaloc, Teotihuacan, Mexico (3rd-6th CE).
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Mask of the rain-god Tlaloc; his face is made of corncobs, his eyes are c...

The head of a jaguar, symbol of the setting sun and    
of death, juts out from a flower, symbol of plenitude. 
Tempel of Quetzalcoatl and Tlaloc, Teotihuacan, Mexico 
(3rd-6th CE).
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The head of a jaguar, symbol of the setting sun and of death, juts out from...

The Quetzal-Mariposa Palace within the Teotihuacan     
Ceremonial Center. The rooms, arranges around a court- 
yard, belong to the priestly residences. The square    
pillars show reliefs of the quetzal-bird; the eye-     
sockets of the birds are inlaid with obsidian (3rd-6th)
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The Quetzal-Mariposa Palace within the Teotihuacan Ceremonial Center. The r...

Detail of the pillars of Mariposa-Palace, part of the  
priestly residences in the Teotihuacan Ceremonial      
Center. The low relief shows quetzal-birds with        
eyes inlaid with obsidian (3rd-6th CE).
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Detail of the pillars of Mariposa-Palace, part of the priestly residences in t...

Head of a quetzal-bird, its eyes inlaid with obsidian. 
From the pillars of the Quetzal-Mariposa Palace,       
Teotihuacan Ceremonial Center, Mexico (3rd-6th CE).
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Head of a quetzal-bird, its eyes inlaid with obsidian. From the pillars of the...