Mexico sends in troops to seize land next to the Teotihuacán ruins, where authorities say bulldozers were destroying outlying parts of the site.
New discoveries reveal that Mexico’s Teotihuacan was not the peaceful, pastoral culture experts long thought it was.
The United Nations international council on monuments and sites said bulldozers threatened to raze as much as 15 acres at the site, which is a protected area. The council also said looting of artifacts had been detected. The destruction so close to the capital raised questions about Mexico’s ability to protect its ancient heritage. Teotihuacán is the country’s most-visited archaeological site, with more than 2.6 million visitors per year, and Mexico has hundreds of smaller, more remote and often unexplored sites.it was actually a large cityThe still-mysterious city was one of the largest in the world at its apex between 100 BC and AD 750. But it wasEven its true name remains unclear.
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