Zapotec Ruins, Monte Alban The ancient site of Monte Alban stands in a commanding position atop a low mountainous range overlooking the city of Oaxaca, a spectacular vantage point with superb views across the surrounding countryside. The ruins are amongst the earliest in Mexico dating back to c500BC and the product of Zapotec culture. It was inhabitated up to it's decline as a city between c500-750AD, after which it was mostly abandoned and forgotten. The site is an a huge scale with vast ceremonial courtyards and several pyramid-like structures and temple platforms, many with grand staircases giving access to higher levels. There is also a ball court and a sequence of relief sculptures, known as the 'Dancers' due to their strange contortions (but considered more likely to be sacrificial victims or prisoners!). Several tombs have been found at the site, and some fine pre-Columbian treasures were found, now on display in the archaeological museum in Oaxaca. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Alb%C3%A1n / VFL.Ru — надёжный и быстрый фотохостинг с 2009 года

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Название: Zapotec Ruins, Monte Alban The ancient site of Monte Alban stands in a commanding position atop a low mountainous range overlooking the city of Oaxaca, a spectacular vantage point with superb views across the surrounding countryside. The ruins are amongst the earliest in Mexico dating back to c500BC and the product of Zapotec culture. It was inhabitated up to it's decline as a city between c500-750AD, after which it was mostly abandoned and forgotten. The site is an a huge scale with vast ceremonial courtyards and several pyramid-like structures and temple platforms, many with grand staircases giving access to higher levels. There is also a ball court and a sequence of relief sculptures, known as the 'Dancers' due to their strange contortions (but considered more likely to be sacrificial victims or prisoners!). Several tombs have been found at the site, and some fine pre-Columbian treasures were found, now on display in the archaeological museum in Oaxaca. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Alb%C3%A1n
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