01 ngo-06
Musa ukuwa Lawa amanxuwa
Indawo ye-Archaeological Site. UMaria Swärd / Getty Izithombe I-Melika yayiyindawo yokuhlala kwimimandla ebalulekileyo eyayiqhutyelwa kuyo yonke indawo. Kukho indawo engaphezulu kwe-180 yezinto zakudala eMexico ezivulelekileyo kuluntu. Ngomculi wezinto eziphambili ze-archeology, bonke bafanelekile ukutyelela, kodwa kukho ezimbalwa ezivela kuzo zonke ubukhulu nobukhulu babo. Ezi zizona ndawo zikhulu kakhulu, ezona zikhangayo kwilizwe, ezo sicinga ukuba wonke umntu ufanele a tyelele. Yonke enye yezixeko zasendulo zafikelela kwinqanaba lexesha eliqhelekileyo laseMesoamerica , phakathi kwe-200 neye-900 AD Ngaphandle kweChichen Itzá, leyo eyayihlala ebudeni bexesha eliqhelekileyo, yavela ekugqibeleni.
02 we-06
Teotihuacan
IPiramidi yeLanga eTeotihuacan. Anuska Sampedro / Getty Izithombe Idolophu yaseTetihuacán yangaphambi kweSpanishi yayingenye yezidolophini ezinkulu kwiidolophu zasendulo. Kwakunabantu abangaphezu kwe-100,000 kwixesha layo. Efumaneka kwintlambo ecebileyo kwimithombo yendalo, iTeotihuacan yayisisigqeba samandla somnye wamaqela aseMesoamerican anempembelelo kwizopolitiko, ezoqoqosho, ezoqoqosho, ezoqoqosho nezenkcubeko.
I-Teotihuacan inemipiramidi emibini kakhulu enkulu apho iindwendwe ziyakhwela khona: iPiramidi yeLanga kunye nePhiramidi yeNyanga. Bobabini banika imibono enqabileyo yesayithi ukusuka phezulu. I-avenue enkulu eyaziwa ngokuba yiAvenue of the Dead iyayinqumla isixeko sasendulo. Isixeko sashiywe ngaphambi kwexesha lama-Aztec, kodwa baqaphela ukubaluleka kwesiza, kwaye banika igama layo, eliguqulelwe njengelithetha "isiXeko soothixo" okanye "Beka apho abantu babe ngabantwana".
I-Teotihuacan inokutyelelwa ngomhla wohambo ukusuka eMexico City .
03 we-06
Chichen Itza
El Castillo Piramidi e Chichen Itzá. UJean-Pierre Lescourret / Getty Izithombe I-Chichen Itza yayiyinkokheli yezopolitiko kunye nezoqoqosho kwimpucuko yamaMeya phakathi kwe-750 ne-1200 AD. Izakhiwo zayo ezintle zibonisa ukusetyenziswa okungaqhelekanga kwendawo yokuzakhela, kunye nolwazi lwabo lweenkwenkwezi.
I-Chichen Itza inokutyelelwa ngosuku lokuhamba ukusuka kwiCancun okanye iMerida, kodwa ukuthabatha ixesha lakho kwisayithi, uchithe ubusuku kwenye yeehotele eziku-site, okanye kwiedolophu ezikufutshane zasePisté, kwaye uvuke kusasa ukuze ufumane ithuba lokuphonononga isayithi phambi kokuba iibhasi zokundwendwela ezisuka eCancun zifike. Uya kuyonwabela kwindawo enokuthula ngaphandle kwezihlwele.
04 we-06
Monte Alban
Indawo yase-Monte Albán. Craig Lovell / Getty Izithombe Umzi wasendulo we- Monte Alban wakhiwa kwindawo eqhelekileyo entabeni entla kwintlambo ye-Oaxaca. Le ngenye yeedolophu ezindala kunazo zonke eMesoamerica, kwaye yasungulwa ngamaZapotec, ahlala apha malunga ne-500 BC. Ukuze ukwakhiwa kwesikwere esona sikhulu, amaZapotec adibanisa phezulu kwintaba, ekwakhiwa iqonga elikhulu elinamamitha angama-300 ubude kunye no-200 ububanzi bomitha. Ukususela kwintaba yabo ephakamileyo, bahlala bephethe ukulawula phezu kweentlambo eziphakathi kwexesha eliphantse elilishumi elinesithathu.
I-Monte Alban ihlala ngaphandle kwesixeko saseOaxaca .
05 ka 06
Palenque
Templo del Conde e Palenque, Chiapas. www.infinitahighway.com.br / Getty Izithombe Efumaneka kwindawo ehlaza eluhlaza yaseChiapas , le ndawo ibonakala ngobugcisa bayo obuhle kunye nobugcisa obuhle. Amangcwaba amabini abalulekileyo abalawuli abafunyenwe apha, amathuna asePakal the Great, kunye no-Queen Red (uRina Roja), ngokuba kubizwa ngokuba iindawo zakhe zokuhlala zifakwe kwi-red cinnabar powder. Xa kwakunokuphakama kwayo ngexesha lexesha elidlulileyo (malunga nama-600 ukuya ku-900 AD), impembelelo yayo yandiswa kwinxalenye enkulu yamaMaya, yintoni namhlanje i-Chiapas neTabasco.
Isayithi lezinto zakudala lifumaneka malunga neekhilomitha ezine neekhilomitha ukusuka kwidolophu yanamhlanje yasePalenque, okanye iikhilomitha ezili-135 ukusuka eSan Cristobal de las Casas.
06 we-06
El Tajín
IPiramidi yeNiches e-El Tajin, iVeracruz. Glow Images / Getty Izithombe I-El Tajin yayiyinkunzi yenkcubeko yaseTotonac kwaye yayingamandla amakhulu kunamantla-mpuma eMesoamerica emva kokuwa kweTeotihuacan. Ukwakhiwa kwayo kubonakaliswa yimifanekiso eqingqiweyo emigqabini kunye neentlanzi. Elinye lezakhiwo ezithakazelisayo kwi-El Tajin liyaziwa njengePiramidi yeNiches, equle inani lama-365, kwaye kucatshangelwa ukuba ibonisa ikhalenda yelanga. I-El Tajin ngumzi waseMesoamerican onenani elikhulu kwinkundla yebhola: kukho i-17.
I-El Tajin ifumaneka kwilizwe laseVeracruz kwaye iyakwazi ukutyelelwa ngokukhawuleza ngosuku lokuphuma kwisixeko sasePapantla.