Click to open image viewer. In the foreground are ruins of a classical temple - a broken column and a pedestal. Stairs lead up to a sepulchral monument and to an altar where a sacrifice is being ...

Cuicuilco was once a thriving center of early Mesoamerican life — until a volcanic eruption buried it in lava over 1,400 years ago. Its unique circular pyramid still stands as a relic of fire rituals, ...