Archaeological Ruins
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Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.
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Eve DeLange At The Entrance Of The Monte Alban On Site Museum. Photo Taken: November 9, 2012.
Danzantes Inside The Monte Alban On Site Museum. Photo Taken: November 9, 2012.
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| Eve DeLange At The Entrance Of The Monte Alban On Site Museum. Photo Taken: November 9, 2012. |
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| Danzantes Inside The Monte Alban On Site Museum. Photo Taken: November 9, 2012. |
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We wish to thank Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for some of the information on this page. We share images and information with Wikipedia. Monte Alb�n's site museum is very modern, attractive and well worth your visit. They have some excellent interpretive displays plus a number of relics excavated from the site in the early 20th century. A highlight of the museum is its collection of Danzantes & other stelae. Restrooms, a small bookstore, and a cafe are also available here. You can also see nany of the artifacts excavated at Monte Alb�n at the Museo Nacional de Antropologia in Mexico City, and at the Museo Regional de Oaxaca in the ex-convento de Santo Domingo de Guzm�n in Oaxaca City. The ex-convento de Santo Domingo de Guzm�n museum houses, among others artifacts, many of the objects discovered in 1932 by Alfonso Caso in Monte Alb�n's Tomb 7, a Classic period Zapotec tomb. Tomb 7 was reused during Postclassic times for the burial of Mixtec elite individuals. Their burial was accompanied by some of the most spectacular gold burial offerings of any site in all of the Americas
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Monte Alban is built at the junction of three broad valleys, across from the Atoyac stream, lays a series of large hills. The largest of these hills is nearly 400 meters above sea level. It was on the top of this mountain, which the Zapotecs leveled off and built into a great ceremonial city in about the year 500 ad. This center once ruled the entire region and collected tribute from the surrounding cities. The city is now known as Monte Alban. Monte Alban, or "White Mountains" in Spanish, was formerly called Danibaan (Sacred Mountain). No visit to Oaxaca can be considered complete without visiting Monte Alban. Monte Alban was first occupied in about 500 B.C. and it was inhabited until about 850 A.D. when it bacame slowly abandoned. After it was abandoned it remained sacred to the Zapotecs and then later on to the Mixtecs who setttled in the area after the Zapotecs declined in power. The entire city of Monte Alban is laid out on a NS and EW Alignment except for Building J which is an arrow shaped structure probably laid out with astronomical alignments. The path that most visitors follow takes you through the main gate near the Visitors Center then along the Northeast side of the ruins to the NE corner of the site along the eastern back of Building A and the eastern back of the North Platform which starts your tour at the Ball Court. We have written the word ENTER on the site map where most people actually enter the ruins. However, some people enter by going up to the top of the North Platform and then down into the ruins. INAH has placed many restrictions upon where you can walk at Monte Alban since our last trip in December of 1982 and unfortunately you can not get the full view of many of the structures that we had in 1982. Our last page will show many of those views for your enjoyment. A word about the restrictions. I don't like it, but if I were the director of INAH, I would do the same thing. First, the stones are of soft material and it is easily damaged by acid rain. Second, the tourists just love these sites to death and they need the protection. So, we just live with it, but I do miss the old days when the real artifacts were on the sites and you could walk anywhere you wanted to walk. This Ruins Has Access To Those With Wheelchairs!
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The Xoxocotl�n International airport (IATA: OAX, ICAO: MMOX) Is the international airport located at Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico. It handles the national and international air traffic for the city of Oaxaca. We have links on this page that will connect you with flights into and out of the Xoxocotl�n International airport and allow you to book any of several of the best hotels in Oaxaca. We suggest getting a hotel and then letting them arrange either a car or a tour of Oaxaca. If you call their Concierge Services ahead of your arrival, all of this can be pre-arranged for you. We do this all the time, when traveling in Mexico. It is safe and it works!!! We have never experienced a problem, doing it this way! We have placed links to Priceline.com on this page so you can arrange your flights into and out of Oaxaca; as well as your hotel, when visiting this area. We found that generally speaking, they provide the best hotel and air flight prices into Oaxaca.
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| Monte Alban Archaeological Ruins Parking Lots. Visitors Center. Looking South. Photo Taken From Tomb 105 Area. North Side Of North Platform In Background. |
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| Artifacts. Monte Alban On Site Museum. Monte Alban Archaeological Ruins Near Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo Taken: November 9, 2012. | Artifacts. Monte Alban On Site Museum. Monte Alban Archaeological Ruins Near Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo Taken: November 9, 2012. |
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| Artifacts. Monte Alban On Site Museum. Monte Alban Archaeological Ruins Near Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo Taken: November 9, 2012. | Artifacts. Monte Alban On Site Museum. Monte Alban Archaeological Ruins Near Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo Taken: November 9, 2012. |
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| Artifacts. Monte Alban On Site Museum. Monte Alban Archaeological Ruins Near Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo Taken: November 9, 2012. | Artifacts. Monte Alban On Site Museum. Monte Alban Archaeological Ruins Near Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo Taken: November 9, 2012. |
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| Excavated Zapotec Tomb. Monte Alban On Site Museum. Monte Alban Archaeological Ruins Near Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo Taken: November 9, 2012. | Excavated Zapotec Tomb. Monte Alban On Site Museum. Monte Alban Archaeological Ruins Near Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo Taken: November 9, 2012. |
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| Pillars. At Monte Alban On Site Museum. Monte Alban Archaeological Ruins Near Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo Taken: November 9, 2012. | Pillars. At Monte Alban On Site Museum. Monte Alban Archaeological Ruins Near Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo Taken: November 9, 2012. |
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| Monte Alban Original Danzante. At Monte Alban On Site Museum. Monte Alban Archaeological Ruins Near Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo Taken: November 9, 2012. | Monte Alban Original Danzante. At Monte Alban On Site Museum. Monte Alban Archaeological Ruins Near Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo Taken: November 9, 2012. |
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| Monte Alban Original Danzante. At Monte Alban On Site Museum. Monte Alban Archaeological Ruins Near Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo Taken: November 9, 2012. | Monte Alban Original Danzante. At Monte Alban On Site Museum. Monte Alban Archaeological Ruins Near Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo Taken: November 9, 2012. |
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| Senora con Yelmo de Jaguar. A Female Ruler In Jaguar Armor. At Monte Alban On Site Museum. Monte Alban Archaeological Ruins Near Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo Taken: November 9, 2012. | Senora con Yelmo de Jaguar. A Female Ruler In Jaguar Armor. At Monte Alban On Site Museum. Monte Alban Archaeological Ruins Near Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo Taken: November 9, 2012. |
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