Sítios arqueológicos no México

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.

Ancient Archaeological Sites — Mapa

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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…

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The Pyramid of the Sun

The Pyramid of the Sun is the largest building in Teotihuacan, and one of the largest in Mesoamerica.

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Coba

Coba is an ancient Maya city on the Yucatán Peninsula, located in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.

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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.

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Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal

Uxmal is an ancient Maya city of the classical period located in present-day Mexico.

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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.

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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…

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Templo Mayor

The Templo Mayor was the main temple of the Mexica people in their capital city of Tenochtitlan, which is now Mexico City.

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Mitla

Mitla is the second-most important archeological site in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico, and the most important of the Zapotec culture.

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Xochicalco

Xochicalco is a pre-Columbian archaeological site in Miacatlán in the western part of the Mexican state of Morelos.

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Great Pyramid of Cholula

The Great Pyramid of Cholula, also known as Tlachihualtepetl, is a complex located in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico.

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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.

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Ek Balam

Ekʼ Balam is a Yucatec-Maya archaeological site within the municipality of Temozón, Yucatán, Mexico.

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Casas Grandes

Casas Grandes is a prehistoric archaeological site in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua.

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Yagul

Yagul is an archaeological site and former city-state associated with the Zapotec civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, located in the…

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La Venta

La Venta is a pre-Columbian archaeological site of the Olmec civilization located in the present-day Mexican state of Tabasco.

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Comalcalco

Comalcalco is a city located in Comalcalco Municipality about 45 miles northwest of Villahermosa in the Mexican state of Tabasco.

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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,…

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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…

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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…