Thursday, December 7, 2017

MONTE ALBAN

OAXACA, MEXICO



The partially excavated civic-ceremonial center of the Monte Albán site is situated atop an artificially-leveled ridge, which with an elevation of about 1,940 meters above sea level rises some 400 meters from the valley floor, in an easily defensible location. 

In addition to the monumental core, the site is characterized by several hundred artificial terraces, and a dozen clusters of mounded architecture covering the entire ridgeline and surrounding flanks. 

The archaeological ruins on the nearby Atzompa and El Gallo hills to the north are traditionally considered to be an integral part of the ancient city as well.

--Wiki

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