Skulls as decorations

The skulls aren't real. At least I surely hope they aren't...

Mexico 2018 part V - historical sites

January 3rd 2019
Three historical sites with very strange names After we came home I started to plan the blogs and how I could tell what we were up to the weeks we were in Mexico. In order to avoid some blogs to become too large I decided to pull out some photos and present them in separate blogs. Here is one of those. This blog will be focused on some historical sites. The three sites I am going to write ... read more

North America » Mexico » Estado de Mexico » Teotihuacán

The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more

30th April 2019

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Skulls as decorations
Surely telling many fascinating stories in these stone carvings. Ahhh...the wonder!

1st May 2019

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

We are happy they survived
We can be very happy that these particular carvings has survived. The Spanish destroyed pretty much all of Tenochtitlan. I don't even want to think about how many treasures and artworks and all the cultural heritage that was lost there. /Ake

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