What is the city of the gods in Mexico?
What is the city of the gods in Mexico? The holy city of Teotihuacan ('the place where the gods were created') is situated some 50 km north-east of Mexico City.
Was Teotihuacan built by Mayans?
No matter its principal builders, evidence shows that Teotihuacan hosted a patchwork of cultures including the Maya, Mixtec, and Zapotec. One theory says an erupting volcano forced a wave of immigrants into the Teotihuacan valley and that those refugees either built or bolstered the city.
Why do we know so little about the Teotihuacan?
The Aztecs attributed names and significance to its buildings but had no contact with this earlier culture. Very little is known of the people who built Teotihuacan, and as a result, much of our knowledge of the site, its art, and Teotihuacan culture is derived from Aztec sources.