December
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/ 2020
Teotihuacan was by the fifth century AD the largest city in the American continent and one of the largest and most populous in the western hemisphere. Often called the ‘Rome of America’, its cultural and political influence extended from the north of Mexico to the southern Maya lands of Honduras and Guatemala. Yet, surprisingly little is known of the origins of the great metropolis on the altiplano, laying a mere 50 kilometers to the northeast of Mexico City. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"80455","attributes":{"alt":"View of Teotihuacan in Mexico (Leonid Andronov/ Adobe Stock)","class":"media-image","height":"133","style":"width: 610px; height: 133px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"610"}}]] View of Teotihuacan in Mexico ( Leonid Andronov / Adobe Stock ) The earliest Aztec legends describe Teotihuacan as the place where men became gods and the present Sun was
