![]() The problems and inadequacies with the conventional positions on Teotihuacan are so numerous and so fundamental, that leading institutions typically just avoid them in both research implications and discussion. (Walters Art Museum/ CC BY-SA 3.0 ) The Memory of Elephants in the Room Teotihuacán-style mask, Classical period. ![]() Similar to the obsidian production, the mainstream position on the downfall of the city is fairly certain the elite residences show evidence of fire damage, this combined with other ancient textual evidence from around the region indicates that Teotihuacan’s elite were deposed in a violent revolt between 650-750 AD. The Maya, Aztec, Zapotec, Toltec and every other Mesoamerican culture regarded obsidian as sacred and therefore regarded the source of it a place of reverence. One undisputed fact worth mentioning is that the mining and processing of obsidian (rare volcanic glass) was a major industry occurring at Teotihuacan, and the city was the source of it throughout Mesoamerica. As the fable goes, the erroneously named Pyramid of the Sun was completed around 100 AD and the entire city reached its peak around 450 AD housing 150-250,000 citizens - making it one of the largest cities on Earth at the time. Their best guess (a biased, preconceived and unfounded notion) is that around 300 - 200 BC, 6,000 unknown Mesoamericans united into a larger group and began to establish the city state. A Summary of the Crumbling PerspectiveĮven the authorities concede that the origins and founding of Teotihuacan is a mystery. The more this site’s chronology, iconography, and engineering is analyzed, the greater the magnitude of devastation inflicted on the obsolete narrative. Teotihuacan is the nemesis of academic human history paradigms. Despite recent attempts by the INAH (National Institute of Anthropology and History) to alter its name, Teotihuacan means “City of the Gods,” “The Place Where Men Become Gods,” or “The Place Where the Gods Were Created.” The word nemesis is defined as the inescapable agent of someone’s or something’s downfall. There, hidden in plain sight stands Teotihuacan, a vast vexing complex of pyramids, temples, causeways, and subterranean tunnels. In the heart of central Mexico, surrounded by majestic mountains and volatile volcanoes, is the Valley of Mexico Basin.
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