The Group
walking from the Bosque de Chapultepec to the Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City, with Noye, our guide.
Monument de los niños Heroes
The pillars were erected to commemorate the 6 Mexican teenage cadets who died defending Mexico Cty's Chapultepec castle (in the background) from invading US forces on 13 September 1847 at the Battle of Chapultepec.
Statue of Tlaloc at museum entrance
The 23' high statue was found 30 miles from the city in a dry stream bed in the village of Coatlinchan. The unfinished statue dates from the 5th century AD and represents the rain god of the Aztecs, Teotihuacans and Toltecs. On the day of its removal to Mexico City, 16 April 1964, there was a heavy rain storm.
Graham at the Bosque de Chapultepec
Plan of Lake Texcoco
-- before the founding of Tenochtitlan. The great city of Tenochtitlan was built on the salt lake by the "Mexica", a nomadic tribe of Aztecs, in the 11th century.
Stela inscribed with hieroglyphs
in Mexica Room
Carved offering stone
Incense burners
Reproduction of decorative relief
from pyramid of Quetzalcoatl, Teotihuacan. The rain god, Tlaloc is depicted on the left and Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent on the right
The Sun Stone
Sometimes called the Aztec Calendar, the stone depicts the 5th era of Aztec mythology. The ends of the first four suns are depicted in the centre around the sun god, Huitzilopotchli (Mexica culture c 1325-1521 from Mexico City). In the foreground is a carved jaguar.
Stone of Tizoc (Temalacatl)
Aztec/Mexica culture; late post-classic (1325-1521).
Close up of Sun Stone
Miscellaneous ceramics
Statue of Coatlicue
-- Aztec goddess of the earth. Mexica culture (c 1325-1521) from Mexico City. The goddess wears a necklace of cut hands and human hearts and a skirt of serpents.
Olmec head
Colossal helmeted head of a ball player from Veracruz c 1200-600 BC. It is carved from the stone of a meteor.
Sculpted clay mask
of sun god from Palenque
Carved bas relief
Chac Mool from Chichen Itza
C 900-1250AD. See here for more details.
Jade mosaic mask of K'inich Janahb Pakal
(Pakal the Great) Found in the funerary crypt, Temple of the Inscriptions at Palenque, Chiapas (AD683). The eyes are fashioned of shell and obsidian and all the pieces were once fastened to a wooden backing, now rotted away.
Reconstruction of tomb
of Palak the Great, Palenque (c 700AD)
Lintel from Yaxchilan
Replica of Mayan Temple of Hochoob,
Bonampak
Electoral demonstration
in the Zocalo, Mexico City
Mexico City demonstration
Interior of Hotel Majestic,
off the Zocalo, Mexico City
More of interior of Hotel Majestic
Notice at Hotel Majestic