Teotihuacan was one of the largest cities in the world eight centuries before the rise of the Aztec Empire ... The Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon are the site's ...

Mexico's Temple of Quetzalcoatl, or the Feathered Serpent Pyramid, in the ancient city of Teotihuacan ... pools of mercury to act like a gateway to the underworld for an unknown Mesoamerican ruler.

The Templo Mayor was not simply a burial pyramid like those erected ... According to Mesoamerican legend, the great bearded deity Quetzalcoatl—banished after committing incest with his sister ...

Mexico's Temple of Quetzalcoatl, or the Feathered Serpent Pyramid, in the ancient city ... like a gateway to the underworld for an unknown Mesoamerican ruler. While the discovery took place ...

Janet Jarman In the fall of 2003, a heavy rainstorm swept through the ruins of Teotihuacán, the pyramid-studded, pre-Aztec metropolis ... the veneration of a Quetzalcoatl-like plumed serpent ...

In 2015, archaeologist Sergio Gómez found shimmering pools of toxic liquid mercury hidden in a sealed tunnel beneath the Temple of Quetzalcoatl, igniting wild theories worldwide. Beside the ...

Scattered throughout Mexico, you'll find the ruins of several ancient civilizations, including those of the Aztec, Maya and Toltec people. Many of these sites feature impressive pyramids standing ...