Grave Site

In 1997 a 500 sq. m (5375 sq ft) platform was discovered when road works were being carried out on the Mexico-Tulancingo autopista, some 2.5km/1.6mi north-east of the Moon Pyramid, near the town of Metepec. Under the platform was an extraordinary tomb with the remains of a high-ranking child personage. The special feature of this grave site is that the 50 richly-dressed female figurines appear to symbolise a theatrical representation of life in Teotihuacán. No kind of written evidence has been found in Teotihuacán, so this physical depiction could be of considerable historical importance. Large numbers of ceramic vessels, sea-shells and sea-snails were also found.