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 |  Subject: The Rome Of America: What Lies Under Teotihuacan? – The Real City Of The Gods  Tue Feb 28, 2017 6:58 am | |
| The Rome Of America: What Lies Under Teotihuacan? – The Real City Of The Gods
February 28, 2017 by SkyWatch Editor
 At its peak, around 200 AD, Teotihuacan counted a population of well over 125,000, boasted hundreds of temples and palaces, and three massive pyramids named after the Sun, the Moon, and the Feathered Serpent (itself a symbol of the planet Venus). The ruins of what is often called the Rome of America, Teotihuacan, lie a mere 50 km (31 miles) North-East of modern day Mexico City. By the time the Aztecs came onto the scene, at the beginning of the 14th century AD, the ancient metropolis already lay in ruins, its great pyramids covered in shrubs and vegetation. No doubt the Aztecs were left with the same questions that every modern visitor to the site is confronted with today. Who were the mysterious builders of Teotihuacan, and where had they come from? To the Aztecs, the answer to this question could be no other than the Gods themselves. Their legends told of the arrival of wise men from a land beyond the Sea: “They say they came to this land to rule over it”; wrote Spanish chronicler Bernardino of Sahagún: “They came from the sea on ships, a multitude of them, and landed on the shore of the sea, to the North…from there they went on, seeking the white mountains, the smoky mountains…led by their priests and by the voice of their gods. Finally they came to the place that they called Tamoanchan…and there they settled for some time…but it was not for long, for their wise masters left, took again to their boats…bringing back with them all their holy books and their sacred images.” (READ MORE) |
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