Archaeology in Mexico

Fossilized remains tell the story of the region’s past inside this small, unassuming museum.

A small gallery in the home of the founding father of Mata Ortiz pottery.

A shrine in the middle of this pond represents a Mesoamerican creation myth.

Palace, temple, and pyramid ruins mark the ancient Mesoamerican capital of Totonacapan.

The site where the Spanish first landed in Mexico was once a thriving Mesoamerican city.

Underneath the historic center of Mexico City, the remains of a temple dedicated to the Aztec god of the wind.

The archeological ruins of the ancient fortified city of the mysterious Teotenanca civilization.

These winged Maya figures are the subject of speculation and conspiracies.

A rocky shelter in the desert hides one of the largest concentrations of cave paintings in Mexico.

Built 1,500 years ago, this abandoned Mesoamerican city is surrounded by a natural wall made of outstanding rock formations.

This small church is surrounded by a landscape filled with hidden Zapotec ruins.

A museum built around the site where the most controversial human remains in the country were found.

These cliff-dwellings might be Mexico's least visited archaeological site.

The ruins of an important pilgrimage destination for worshippers of a Maya fertility goddess.

One of Mexico's least-visited archaeological sites is tucked away inside a theme park.

This archeological site hidden behind Teotihuacán's pyramids shelters 1600-year-old murals.