According to National Geographic News, John Roach, 21 October 2005,
scientists believe Teotihuacán was the hub of trade and commerce in Mesoamerica
until the city's civilization collapsed around A.D. 650.
When the Aztecs stumbled upon the metropolis centuries later, they dubbed it
the "City of the Gods," because they believed it was where the Gods met to
create the present universe and sun. Click on the link for reading more on
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Teotihuacan.
One of the archaeologists, Sugiyama, search into the heart of the structure
in the Teotihuacán's Pyramid of the Moon to find the ruler believed to have
ordered the pyramid's construction. He has found remains of sacrificed victims.
| Photo. The Pyramid of the Moon at
Teotihuacán. |
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Excavations also reveal that the pyramid was constructed in seven stages,
each stage an enlargement of the last. The work started in A.D. 100 and ended
around A.D. 400.
The exploration indicates that the reason for why that the people left the
city was because of destruction by the people, not by any natural disaster.
Where the people took their way afterwards, no one knows.
Stein Morten Lund, 25 October 2005
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