Qualla: Teotihuacan https://qualla.com/teotihuacan en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:09 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Teotihuacan https://qualla.com/teotihuacan Teotihuacan: Introduction https://qualla.com/teotihuacan/ Nobody knows what the people of Teotihuacan called their city. The name we use comes from the Aztecs, who arrived centuries after its collapse and called it the "birthplace of the gods" -- convinced that only divine beings could have raised pyramids this large. They were wrong about the gods, but right about the scale. At its peak between 350 and 650 CE, Teotihuacan covered 21 square kilometers, housed an estimated 125,000 people, and ranked among the six largest cities on earth. Eighty to ninety percent of the entire valley's population lived within its boundaries. Then, sometime around the 7th century, it burned -- and the mystery of who lit the fires remains unsolved.

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]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/g/9/8/teotihuacan-wp/9g98-teotihuacan-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Teotihuacan: A Metropolis from Scratch https://qualla.com/teotihuacan/ The site that would become Teotihuacan was home to scattered villages as early as 600 BCE, with perhaps 6,000 people in the valley by 200 BCE. What triggered its transformation into a metropolis is partly understood: volcanic eruptions destroyed the rival city of Cuicuilco to the...

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]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/g/9/8/teotihuacan-wp/9g98-teotihuacan-a-metropolis-from-scratch.mp3 0:06 2 full Teotihuacan: The Obsidian Economy https://qualla.com/teotihuacan/ Teotihuacan's wealth was built on a brittle black volcanic glass. Obsidian from the nearby mines of Pachuca was the city's most important industry, processed in specialized regional workshops into blades, arrowheads, knife handles, figurines, masks, jewelry, and ornaments. The st...

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]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/g/9/8/teotihuacan-wp/9g98-teotihuacan-the-obsidian-economy.mp3 0:06 3 full Teotihuacan: A Multiethnic Experiment https://qualla.com/teotihuacan/ Teotihuacan was not a monoculture. Archaeological evidence reveals distinct ethnic neighborhoods within the city, each with its own architecture, artifacts, and burial practices. An Oaxacan neighborhood and a Maya-influenced quarter have been identified, their residents bringing ...

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]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/g/9/8/teotihuacan-wp/9g98-teotihuacan-a-multiethnic-experiment.mp3 0:06 4 full Teotihuacan: The Fire That Ended an Era https://qualla.com/teotihuacan/ For decades, scholars assumed foreign invaders sacked Teotihuacan sometime in the 7th or 8th century. The evidence told a different story. When archaeologists looked beyond the elite structures they had initially excavated, they found that the burning was concentrated along the A...

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]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/g/9/8/teotihuacan-wp/9g98-teotihuacan-the-fire-that-ended-an-era.mp3 0:06 5 full Teotihuacan: Unearthing the Underworld https://qualla.com/teotihuacan/ In late 2003, after days of heavy rain, archaeologist Sergio Gomez Chavez noticed a sinkhole near the base of the Temple of the Feathered Serpent. Lowered by rope into the darkness, he found himself standing in a perfectly cylindrical shaft that opened into an ancient tunnel bloc...

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