Cabezas colosales de serpiente y jaguar - Teotihuacan - Mexico
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Construida entre los siglos I y VII, Teotihuacán, "el lugar donde fueron creados los dioses", es una ciudad sagrada a unos cincuenta kilómetros de Ciudad de México, caracterizada por la inmensidad de sus monumentos.
Waymark Code: WM19249
Location: México, Mexico
Date Posted: 11/12/2023
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Los más famosos de los cuales son el Templo de Quetzalcóatl y las Pirámides del Sol y de la Luna, y por su trazado geométrico y simbólico.


Built between the 1st and 7th centuries, Teotihuacan, "the place where the gods were created", is a holy city some 50 km from Mexico City, characterized by the sheer size of its monuments - the most famous of which are the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon - and by their geometric and symbolic layout. Teotihuacan, one of the most powerful centers of Mesoamerican culture, imposed its cultural and artistic impetus throughout the region, and even beyond its borders.


Mexique : à Teotihuacán, le tunnel du Serpent à plumes dévoile ses secrets

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Une découverte archéologique majeure...
A une heure de route de Mexico, les surprises se multiplient sur le site de Teotihuacán, siège d'une très ancienne civilisation ayant précédé les Aztèques. Sous le temple de Quetzalcóatl, le Serpent à plumes, un tunnel rempli d'offrandes a été découvert en 2009. Il s'agit d'une des découvertes archéologiques les plus spectaculaires de ces dernières années au Mexique. Sergio Gómez, chef des fouilles, nous a transmis quelques photos de son travail.

"C’était en 2003, raconte l’archéologue Sergio Gómez, responsable du projet 'Tlalocan, un chemin sous la terre'. A la suite de pluies intenses, le sol s’était affaissé devant le temple, laissant un trou béant. Nous sommes descendus et, plus tard, nous avons trouvé l’entrée d’un tunnel, mais celle-ci était scellée." D’autres galeries avaient déjà été dévoilées sous la pyramide du Soleil, la plus grande de Teotihuacán, mais elles avaient été visitées et vidées par les Aztèques. Or depuis la chute de cette cité autour de l’année 750, ce tunnel-ci avait préservé ses secrets.

Les fouilles, commencées en 2009, sont sur le point de s’achever. Les archéologues ont extrait plus de 100 000 objets, quatre grandes sculptures en pierre verte qui représenteraient les fondateurs de Teotihuacán, des céramiques, des objets en bois, en pyrite, en ardoise, en jade, de l’ambre, des balles en caoutchouc, des os d’animaux, des fragments de peau humaine, des coquillages et des coquilles d’escargots gravées de glyphes mayas, qui démontrent l’ancienneté des liens entre cette cité et la grande civilisation du Sud.


Mexico: in Teotihuacán, the Tunnel of the Feathered Serpent reveals its secrets

A major archaeological discovery...
An hour's drive from Mexico City, surprises abound at the site of Teotihuacán, seat of an ancient civilization that preceded the Aztecs. Under the temple of Quetzalcóatl, the Feathered Serpent, a tunnel filled with offerings was discovered in 2009. It is one of the most spectacular archaeological discoveries in Mexico in recent years. Sergio Gómez, head of the excavation, sent us some photos of his work.

It was 2003," recounts archaeologist Sergio Gómez, head of the 'Tlalocan, a path beneath the earth' project. Following heavy rains, the ground had subsided in front of the temple, leaving a gaping hole. We descended and later found the entrance to a tunnel, but it was sealed off." Other galleries had already been revealed beneath the Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacán's largest, but they had been visited and emptied by the Aztecs. However, since the fall of the city around 750 AD, this tunnel had preserved its secrets.

Excavations, begun in 2009, are nearing completion. Archaeologists have unearthed more than 100,000 objects, including four large green stone sculptures representing the founders of Teotihuacán, ceramics, objects made of wood, pyrite, slate, jade, amber, rubber balls, animal bones, fragments of human skin, shells and snail shells engraved with Mayan glyphs, all of which demonstrate the ancient links between this city and the great civilization of the South.


Cabezas colosales de serpiente y jaguar

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Durante las excavaciones arqueológicas, se localizó una época constructiva anterior a la que se observa actualmente en superficie. Esta parte central consta de un piso estucado, una escalinata y un adoratorio. La escalinata está limitada con alfardas que rematan en dos enormes esculturas que representan cabezas de serpiente que tienen lenguas bífidas; están esculpidas sobre cantera gris y recubiertas con estuco pintado, de color rosa con el objetivo de resaltar sus rasgos. Los escalones del adoratorio central estaban decorados con círculos en verde, delimitados con líneas negras y todo sobre fondo rojo. Este nivel constructivo se relaciona temporal y simbólicamente con el Templo de Ouetzalcóatl (150-250 d.C.). La escalinata fue reutilizada para la construcción de una nueva etapa, en un nivel superior y mediante la colocación de rellenos y pisos. Se pueden apreciar cambios en la decoración de las alfardas; es decir, durante la nueva etapa están rematadas por cabezas de felinos.


Colossal snake and jaguar heads

During the archaeological excavations, a constructive period prior to the one currently observed on the surface was located. This central part consists of a stuccoed floor, a stairway and a shrine. The stairway is limited with alfardas that finish in two enormous sculptures that represent serpent heads that have forked tongues; they are sculpted on gray quarry stone and covered with painted stucco, of pink color with the objective of highlighting their features. The steps of the central shrine were decorated with circles in green, delimited with black lines and all on a red background. This construction level is temporally and symbolically related to the Temple of Ouetzalcoatl (150-250 A.D.). The stairway was reused for the construction of a new stage, at a higher level and by placing fillings and floors. Changes can be seen in the decoration of the alfardas; that is, during the new stage they are topped by feline heads.

Group that erected the marker: INAH

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Téotihuacan
Mexico, Mexico


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