Ancient Archaeological Sites
Mexico’s archaeological landscape spans thousands of years, from the Olmec foundations at La Venta to the Aztec Templo Mayor in modern-day Mexico City. This collection features the massive pyramids of Teotihuacan, the coastal fortifications of Tulum, and the intricate Zapotec masonry of Mitla and Monte Albán. Visitors can explore UNESCO-listed sites like the jungle-shrouded ruins of Palenque, the Puuc-style architecture of Uxmal, and the Great Pyramid of Cholula, which boasts the largest base of any pyramid in the world.
A Tulum
Walk through the impressive ruins of this seaside Mayan city. Most of it was built in the 14th century, however the buildings are still well…
B The Pyramid of the Sun
The Pyramid of the Sun is the largest building in Teotihuacan, and one of the largest in Mesoamerica.
C Coba
Coba is an ancient Maya city on the Yucatán Peninsula, located in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.
D Palenque
Palenque, also anciently known in the Itza Language as Lakamhaʼ, was a Maya city state in southern Mexico that perished in the 8th century.
E Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal
Uxmal is an ancient Maya city of the classical period located in present-day Mexico.
F Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán
Monte Albán is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán Municipality in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca.
G El Tajín
El Tajín is a pre-Columbian archeological site in southern Mexico and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of…
H Templo Mayor
The Templo Mayor was the main temple of the Mexica people in their capital city of Tenochtitlan, which is now Mexico City.
I Mitla
Mitla is the second-most important archeological site in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico, and the most important of the Zapotec culture.
J Xochicalco
Xochicalco is a pre-Columbian archaeological site in Miacatlán in the western part of the Mexican state of Morelos.
K Great Pyramid of Cholula
The Great Pyramid of Cholula, also known as Tlachihualtepetl, is a complex located in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico.
L Ednza
Edzná is a Maya archaeological site in the north of the Mexican state of Campeche. The site is open to visitors since the 1970s.
M Ek Balam
Ekʼ Balam is a Yucatec-Maya archaeological site within the municipality of Temozón, Yucatán, Mexico.
N Casas Grandes
Casas Grandes is a prehistoric archaeological site in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua.
O Yagul
Yagul is an archaeological site and former city-state associated with the Zapotec civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, located in the…
P La Venta
La Venta is a pre-Columbian archaeological site of the Olmec civilization located in the present-day Mexican state of Tabasco.
Q Comalcalco
Comalcalco is a city located in Comalcalco Municipality about 45 miles northwest of Villahermosa in the Mexican state of Tabasco.
R Toniná
Tonina is a pre-Columbian archaeological site and ruined city of the Maya civilization located in what is now the Mexican state of Chiapas,…
S Pyramid of the Moon
The Pyramid of the Moon is the second-largest pyramid in Mesoamerica, after the Pyramid of the Sun, and located in modern-day San Martín de…
T Temple of Kukulcan
El Castillo, also known as the Temple of Kukulcan is a Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza…
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