Print, Museo del Templo Mayor, Mexico City, Mexico

View of the Great Temple of Mexico, engraving, 1778, by William Russell, from The History of America from its Discovery by Columbus Volume I, depicting the Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlan before it was destroyed in 1521, surrounded by wall decorated with snakes, and dancers in the ceremonial plaza, in the Templo Mayor Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. The Main Temple was a stepped pyramid temple topped with 2 shrines dedicated to Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc, on the Recinto Sagrado or ceremonial area of Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec Mexica people. It was rebuilt 7 times until it was destroyed by Hernan Cortes in 1521. Its remains have been excavated since 1978 and it is part of the Mexico City UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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