Gazing Down Upon Teotihuacan
by Mark Tisdale
Title
Gazing Down Upon Teotihuacan
Artist
Mark Tisdale
Medium
Photograph - Photo Art
Description
Standing atop the Pyramid of the Moon and gazing into the distance at Teotihuacan is sure to be on my short list of exhilarating feelings in my lifetime. Usually when I'm standing amidst ancient ruins like these, I've read extensively about them beforehand, dreamed of that moment. But on this particular trip, it was more come what may and I had never read about Teotihuacan before. It's truly an amazing site. All the temples you see were covered in earth and thought to be hills when the railroad was coming through this part of Mexico.
These ruins were so long buried that there's no consensus on just who called these ancient ruins their own but the culture seems to have reached its zenith around the first century AD.
In the distance you can see one of the largest pyramids in the world, the Pyramid of the Sun, which faces the setting sun. If you're really observant, you may notice it mirrors the landscape in the distance. There's a theory that all the temples represent actual mountains in the landscape, re-creating their cosmos on a comparatively smaller scale for the rituals of their lives.
There was something about this scene that reminded me of an old postcard or illustration from a travel brochure. That was the direction I went when editing this amazing and timeless view from the UNESCO designated World Heritage Site of Teotihuacan.
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May 13th, 2013
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