https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/mexico PetWerewolf en-us 23people http://www.23hq.com/resources/um-style/logo-20.gif http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss https://www.23hq.com/rss/PetWerewolf/mexico https://www.23hq.com/rss/PetWerewolf/mexico?page=2 true https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2149660 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2149660"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192282/2149660_47fb44696517e1eff331e59edcce057a_standard.jpg" width="460" height="332" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>quote from Wikipedia:<br /> <i>The Catedral Metropolitana in Mexico City is the largest cathedral in the Western Hemisphere. It was constructed in the Spanish Baroque style of architecture and includes a pair of 64-meter neoclassical towers which hold 18 bells.</p> <p>It is located on Mexico City's central square, the Zócalo (officially Constitution Square).</p> <p>After the Spanish conquest of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, Hernan Cortes began the construction of a Catholic church. This church was demolished circa 1573 and a new cathedral was built on the same place. A side chapel, the Sagrario Metropolitano (1749-69), is the greatest triumph of the Mexican Churrigueresque style. The new cathedral was consecrated in 1667, but the final elements — bell towers and central dome designed by the Spanish neoclassical architect Manuel Tolsa — were finished in 1813.</p> <p>The soft clay subsoil beneath Mexico City, which was originally built on a lake bed, and the removal of water from the soil has caused the sinking of many of the buildings in Mexico City's historic centre. Underground tunnels to stabilize the cathedral have prevented its collapse and have stabilized the uneven inclination of its sinking.</i></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">I took this pic from the roof of the <i>Hotel Majestic</i> where Stregoika and I had a coffee.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2149660 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:05:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101678 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101678"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192276/2101678_2a4af214865b6385f4e0f403aa5c7659_standard.jpg" width="345" height="460" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>Lucharan de dos a tres caídas! Sin límite de tiempo!<br /> En este esquina....El Enmascarado de Plata... EL SANTO!!</p> <p>(bought in Oaxaca)</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">I couldn't end my most recent stay in Mexico without buying an action figure of the legendary <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.luchawiki.com/index.php?title=El_Santo">El Santo</a>. Since his son, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.luchawiki.com/index.php?title=El_Hijo_Del_Santo">El Hijo del Santo</a>, wears the same costume it's impossible to say whether this action figure represents El Santo or El Hijo del Santo.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101678 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:53:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101655 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101655"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192277/2101655_2c1a97415b2e26f605b9d862b18c8ee3_standard.jpg" width="345" height="460" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>Lucharan de dos a tres caídas! Sin límite de tiempo!<br /> En este esquina.... LA PARKA!!</p> <p>(bought in Oaxaca)</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">According to <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.luchawiki.com/index.php?title=Main_Page">Luchawiki</a> the original La Parka now calls himself <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.luchawiki.com/index.php?title=L.A._Park">L.A. Park</a>. This action figure, however, resembles more the new La Parka, AKA <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.luchawiki.com/index.php?title=La_Parka_Jr.">La Parka Jr.</a>.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101655 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:50:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101491 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101491"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192275/2101491_d13f14685099ef5e6d30709f670c4d29_standard.jpg" width="460" height="401" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>Jesus Christ Superman</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">This awesome Jesus was on the ceiling in the bus to the Teotihuacan ruins. I just <b>had</b> to take a picture of it!</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101491 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:48:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101479 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101479"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192283/2101479_eb0bf0f81d538c4ea7249c5353beb787_standard.jpg" width="311" height="460" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>One of the so-called atlantes on top of pyramid B at the Toltec capital <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ancientmexico.com/images/map_tula.gif">Tula (Tollan)</a>, Hidalgo.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101479 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:46:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101473 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101473"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192276/2101473_cb97e0be8ca2d1474d3a11a6ecf866d9_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>We helped this little guy cross the road while climbing towards the Tepozteco pyramid.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">(picture probably taken by my love Stregoika)</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101473 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:44:31 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101453 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101453"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192287/2101453_cb8e74559feab15a933d2b0dbd445001_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>View to the north of the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/rmeyer/teo/teomap.jpg">Teotihuacan</a> ruins along the Street of the Dead.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.geocities.com/atlantis01mx/st_mex_east/teotihuacan.htm">Here</a> you find some information on the city and a picture tour of this must-see site.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101453 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:38:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101445 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101445"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192282/2101445_d61a09b0926e5370ba204ef626e01b31_standard.jpg" width="345" height="460" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>The Palace of <i>Quetzalpapalotl</i> at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/rmeyer/teo/teomap.jpg">Teotihuacan</a>.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.geocities.com/atlantis01mx/st_mex_east/teotihuacan.htm">Here</a> you find some information on the city and a picture tour of this must-see site.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101445 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:35:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101439 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101439"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192283/2101439_5b958dc36cc249cb70cc1e71f13cae10_standard.jpg" width="460" height="257" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>A burial found at the Matlazinca site <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.geocities.com/atlantis01mx/hid_stmexico/teotenango/map_tet.jpg">Teotenango</a>, México, now to be seen in the site's museum.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101439 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:34:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101437 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101437"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192281/2101437_a5146b7859e2d0297fd82cb30506021a_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>A ballcourt at the Matlazinca <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.geocities.com/atlantis01mx/hid_stmexico/teotenango/map_tet.jpg">Teotenango</a> ruins. In an earlier construction phase there were houses here and a <i>temazcal</i> (steam bath). The architecture of Teotenango shows strong influence from Teotihuacan.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101437 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:32:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101432 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101432"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192286/2101432_21c4bf3be3842b497dfb04082343b8e7_standard.jpg" width="390" height="460" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>Aztec style sculpture found at the Matlazinca <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.geocities.com/atlantis01mx/hid_stmexico/teotenango/map_tet.jpg">Teotenango</a> ruins and now in the site's museum. This is probably a warrior wearing a snake costume.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101432 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:31:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101327 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101327"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192277/2101327_3ca638fb926b56a49ff2d99737e59149_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.geocities.com/atlantis01mx/hid_stmexico/teotenango/map_tet.jpg">Teotenango</a> is a hilltop site built in the 9th century by the Matlazinca. Its architecture was heavily influenced by Teotihuacan. It was conquered by the Aztec in 1447AD. In the valley in the background you can see part of the town Tenango del Valle.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.geocities.com/atlantis01mx/hid_stmexico/teotenango.htm">Here</a> you can find some information about the city and a picture tour of the site.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101327 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:59:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101309 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101309"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192276/2101309_10688735f1757be8e45b3c8946c22d4f_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>A donkey grazing on top of the highest pyramid at the Matlazinca ruins of <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.geocities.com/atlantis01mx/hid_stmexico/teotenango/map_tet.jpg">Teotenango</a>. In the valley lies the town of Tenango del Valle.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101309 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:51:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101306 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101306"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192287/2101306_1b469852968586f8eb088e56545874a5_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>Landscape around the ruins of the Toltec capital <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ancientmexico.com/images/map_tula.gif">Tula (Tollan)</a>, Hidalgo.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101306 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:49:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101303 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101303"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192278/2101303_bd2a0089e27e8415c9e2d3314376bfb9_standard.jpg" width="345" height="460" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>A view from the Museo Santo Domingo in Oaxaca. Below is the ethnobotanical garden.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101303 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:48:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101300 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101300"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192276/2101300_2f34332f313ac76ad3bbf9e3c1c133ab_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>Looking up a tree at the Zapotec Monte Alban ruins in Oaxaca.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101300 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:47:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101295 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101295"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192281/2101295_be59543887bf00a8ea2eaf0e1d65b6ad_standard.jpg" width="345" height="460" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>A tree at the Tarascan archaeological site Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101295 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:45:24 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101289 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101289"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192282/2101289_ad9f6092f09a8e1a1ef7548b5a32711e_standard.jpg" width="460" height="226" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>One of the so-called <i>yácatas</i> at the Tarascan (Purépecha) <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.famsi.org/research/pohl/sites/fig_53.jpg">Tzintzuntzan</a> ruins in MIchoacán. There are 5 such pyramids there, each of which originally had a small temple on top.<br /> The Tarascans (Purépecha) were never conquered by the Aztecs. The Purépecha language is not related to any other language spoken in Mesoamerica.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101289 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:43:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101281 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101281"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192280/2101281_8ace52192292984fdc3ab752e9a5f844_standard.jpg" width="460" height="240" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>The so-called <i>yácatas</i> at the Tarascan (Purépecha) ruins of <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.famsi.org/research/pohl/sites/fig_53.jpg">Tzintzuntzan</a>, Michoacán. There are 5 such pyramids there, each of which originally had a small temple on top.<br /> The Tarascans (Purépecha) were never conquered by the Aztecs. The Purépecha language is not related to any other language spoken in Mesoamerica.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101281 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:41:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101273 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101273"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192286/2101273_50b70f73bd1e187a25f7e37155a11097_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>Looking out on the ethnobotanical garden.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101273 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:38:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101261 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101261"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192287/2101261_b6475e70f1a01b0d1c279fd87a00031e_standard.jpg" width="345" height="460" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>Ceramic figure at the Museo Rufino Tamayo in Oaxaca, Mexico. Possibly of Gulf Coast origin.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101261 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:35:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101245 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101245"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192275/2101245_a392a3c298f32a6e7fbac9e545c10c6b_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>some souvenirs from Mexico</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101245 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:33:47 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101224 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101224"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192280/2101224_0ced8fe3d38d619d52efd460d80c9f58_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>The Aztec rain deity <i>Tlaloc</i> at the Templo Mayor museum in Mexico City. <i>Tlaloc</i> was a deity worshipped in Mesoamerica since ancient times. On top of the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amerika-live.de/Mexiko/Mexiko34.jpg">Templo Mayor pyramid</a> were two temples. The left one was dedicated to <i>Tlaloc</i>, the right one to the relatively new sun and war god <i>Huitzilopochtli</i>, chief god of the Aztecs.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101224 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:32:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101168 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101168"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192276/2101168_62deaec977ad3c5ac66f94b6e968b9b6_standard.jpg" width="260" height="460" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>An Aztec deity figure made of copal incense covered with shells at the Templo Mayor museum in Mexico City. This was part of an offering for inaugurating one of the many <a rel="nofollow" href="http://homepage.smc.edu/urmston_william/art 9 slides/urmston/38. Templo Mayor.jpg">expansions of the Templo Mayor</a> pyramid.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101168 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:29:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101147 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101147"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192286/2101147_591e9c48be368c1265a6f1a33951fae8_standard.jpg" width="460" height="290" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>An Aztec stone <i>cuauhxicalli</i> (eagle bowl) at the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/aztecs/templo-mayor.jpg">Templo Mayor</a> museum in Mexico City. Such bowls were receptacles for heart and blood sacrifices. Despite their name <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.delange.org/ArchMuseum5/Dsc00087.jpg">they don't always have the shape of an eagle</a>.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101147 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:27:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101137 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101137"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192277/2101137_884e3fe6bba0f4b3e1af09de9dbf8785_standard.jpg" width="460" height="334" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>magical mexican memories</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101137 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:25:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101130 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101130"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192280/2101130_375d787dffcea52f1073618b11a896a6_standard.jpg" width="345" height="460" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>View from a window at the Museo Santo Domingo in Oaxaca, Mexico.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101130 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:24:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101107 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101107"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192277/2101107_d43d6dd3459ba3529eeb5642a4fa6e91_standard.jpg" width="345" height="460" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>Typical of the archaeological site <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/xochicalco/map.jpg">Xochicalco</a> is the combining of Maya and <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101101">Mexican</a>-style reliefs as can be seen on the surface of the Pyramid of the Feathered Serpents..</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101107 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:18:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101101 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101101"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192280/2101101_5bf3d123d4107847279a81ac2741935b_standard.jpg" width="460" height="422" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>Typical of the archaeological site <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/xochicalco/map.jpg">Xochicalco</a> is the combining of <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101107">Maya</a> and Mexican-style reliefs as can be seen on the surface of the Pyramid of the Feathered Serpents.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101101 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:16:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101093 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101093"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192286/2101093_d1bdbc807d0168bed2ae82dbc3fa2b84_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>Three pyramids west of the Eastern Ballcourt at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/xochicalco/map.jpg">Xochicalco</a>.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101093 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:15:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101088 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101088"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192286/2101088_4b69fb1574cfb363f70aa7ba2b1ad230_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>An outlying, third ballcourt to the southwest of <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/xochicalco/map.jpg">Xochicalco</a>'s center.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101088 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:13:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101082 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101082"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192287/2101082_77aa17f608a49d1a91a9381e7346c48f_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>Approaching the hilltop ruins of <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/xochicalco/map.jpg">Xochicalco</a>. After the decline of Teotihuacan in the Late Classic Period several local centers rose to power. Xochicalco was one of them. Typical of this period is Maya influence in central Mexico, as can be seen at such sites as Xochicalco and Cacaxtla.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101082 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:12:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101065 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101065"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192277/2101065_e57435fff2f3ee9fc8a93bf008ac4faf_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>The Eastern Ballcourt at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/xochicalco/map.jpg">Xochicalco</a>.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101065 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:08:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101050 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101050"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192280/2101050_feb21eb41549ef322ffac0ad6b2e467e_standard.jpg" width="327" height="460" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>A bunch of <i>coatis</i> at the <i>Tepozteco</i> pyramid.</p> <p>Kingdom: <i>Animalia</i> (animals)<br /> Phylum: <i>Chordata</i> (chordates)<br /> Subphylum: <i>Vertebrata</i> (vertebrates)<br /> Class: <i>Mammalia</i> (mammals)<br /> Order: <i>Carnivora</i> (carnivores)<br /> Family: <i>Procyonidae</i> (cacomistle, coatis, raccoons, and relatives)<br /> Subfamily: <i>Procyoninae</i> (coatis, raccoons, and relatives)<br /> Genus: <i>Nasua</i> (coatis)<br /> Species: possibly <i>Nasua narica</i> (white-nosed coati)</p> <p>Their Dutch common name translates into &quot;nose bear&quot;.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">(picture probably taken by my love Stregoika)</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101050 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:05:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101044 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101044"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192280/2101044_bd0c7c199840cf27f3bb721b89d38552_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>The town of Tepoztlan. 400 meters higher, on the surrounding cliffs, is the <i>Tepozteco</i> pyramid. A 1.5 hour climb along an ecological path takes you there.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">(picture probably taken by my love Stregoika)</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101044 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:04:25 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101033 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101033"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192281/2101033_6c631067626c41cd7713997685b16630_standard.jpg" width="345" height="460" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>The Aztec period <i>Tepozteco</i> pyramid, 600 meters above the town of Tepoztlan. Priests lived here permanently attending to the cult of the local deity <i>Tepoztecatl</i>.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">(picture probably taken by my love Stregoika)</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101033 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:02:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101025 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101025"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192275/2101025_fa69baccc98483982dae89a0aab076a3_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>Looking up building B at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ancientmexico.com/images/map_tula.gif">Tula</a> from the east. The columns on top of the pyramid originally supported a roof. There are four so-called <i>atlantes</i> and four thinner decorated columns behind them..</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101025 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:00:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101018 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101018"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192275/2101018_17ca4484734913bac9c7cbd04b6f6483_standard.jpg" width="345" height="460" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>Columns in the Burnt Palace at the Toltec <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ancientmexico.com/images/map_tula.gif">Tula</a> ruins. Facing to the west. These columns were originally covered in probably decorated stucco and supported a roof.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Tula was the capital of the Toltecs. Their culture served as a somewhat idealized example for the later Aztecs.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101018 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:59:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101013 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101013"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192287/2101013_5aae5743410928335679fa51650d91cd_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>The museum of anthropology in Mexico City. Reconstruction of a <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.famsi.org/research/williams/images/Fig22.jpg">shaft tomb</a> with original contents. Shaft tombs are a typical phenomenon in western Mexico and roughly date to 300 BC - 1 AD.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101013 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:57:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101003 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101003"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192275/2101003_1ae48c72da92a19b62ceba8045195715_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>The anthropological museum in Mexico City. Reconstruction of a <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.famsi.org/research/williams/images/Fig22.jpg">shaft tomb</a> with original contents. Shaft tombs are a typical phenomenon in western Mexico and roughly date to 300 BC - 1 AD. The people inside one shaft probably were all members of one extended family, each chamber perhaps containing a married couple.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101003 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:55:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2100995 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2100995"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192283/2100995_638db3e895a0fcce31872e90e2d64329_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>View of the Zapotec <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.advantagemexico.com/oaxaca/images/0_yagul_map.jpg">Yagul</a> ruins in the Tlacolula valley, Oaxaca, Mexico. Taken from a nearby cliff. Yagul was one of the many local centers that rose to power after the decline of Monte Alban.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2100995 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:52:00 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2100991 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2100991"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192287/2100991_c9749e0ba70a0a69e16db65a732bfb9a_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>The ballcourt at the Zapotec <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.advantagemexico.com/oaxaca/images/0_yagul_map.jpg">Yagul</a> ruins in the Tlacolula valley, Oaxaca, Mexico. Yagul was one of the many local centers that rose to power after the decline of Monte Alban.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2100991 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:50:00 GMT