Pyramids

The stone cities. Teotihuacan, whose name, language and builders are all unknown and where no evidence of a king has been found for a city of 150,000 people. Monte Albán, Palenque, Chichén Itzá, Uxmal, El Tajín and Cholula. The largest facet on the photographic side, and the oldest.

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365 moments in this segment.

1. 1842 - Metjen-mastaba-lepsius. Die Scheintür aus dem Grab des Metjen aus Abusir, während der Lepsius-Expedition 1842-45 in Abusir entdeckt und nach Berlin gebracht, Berlin 1105. The image is catalogued to 1842.
2. 1849 - Lepsius-Projekt tw 1-1-49. Denkmaeler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien nach den Zeichnungen der von Seiner Majestät dem Koenige von Preussen, Friedrich Wilhelm IV., nach diesen Ländern gesendeten, und in den Jahren 1842-1845 ausgeführten wissenschaftlichen Expedition auf Befehl Seiner Majestät.
3. 1849 - Neues Reich. Dynastie XIX. XX. Pyramidenfeld von Saqâra (Saqqârah), Grab 27 (NYPL. The pyramid field of the Old Kingdom, pyramids record 2.
4. 1883 - Charnay at Teotihuacan. Three albumen views on one page, the Avenue of the Dead and the Pyramid of the Moon among them. Published 1883 from Désiré Charnay's Mexican campaign. Charnay was among the first to photograph the site systematically.
5. 1883 - Giza, Pyramids, Pictures, 1883-1885. The photograph depicts two Egyptians in the foreground sitting on some large boulders, possibly fragments from antiquity, in front of the Mena House Hotel, which had already been extended with its upper floors and dates the photograph to after 1883. In the background the pyramids of Khufu (centre) and Khafre (right) are. Commons dates the file to 1883. It is commercial studio work made for a European market, so it shows how Egyptians were posed and sold to outsiders rather than a candid scene.
6. 1883 - The Charnay excavations. The Pyramid of the Sun seen from the Moon, with an idol found nearby and the dig itself. Teotihuacan, 1883. Charnay worked with French government backing and shipped casts and photographs back to Paris.
7. 1890 - The Rock of Abusîr (1890) - TIMEA. A large rock formation with one distinct peak rises above the river.
8. 1901 - Hacienda Uxmal, 1901. A stereo view of the hacienda archway with a high-wheeled volan coche standing in front. Yucatán, 1901. The card misspells the name as Ixmal.
9. 1901 - From the Nunnery to the pyramid. A stereo card looking out of the quadrangle towards the Pyramid of the Magician. Uxmal, Yucatán, 1901. Stereographs were the mass medium through which most people first saw these sites.
10. 1901 - Inside the Nunnery quadrangle. A stereo view from a room out into the courtyard. Uxmal, Yucatán, 1901. The Library of Congress holds the card in its stereograph collection.
11. 1903 - Itawert collar, morgan dahchour pl. xiii. Broad collar of the king's daughter Itaweret, found in her tomb at Dahshur, Egypt.
12. 1910 - Metropolitan Museum Collection. Model of King Sahure's Pyramid at Abusir. Model of King Sahure's Pyramid at Abusir Collection : A. D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library Accession Number: 15/5/3090.01488 Title : Metropolitan Museum Collection. Model of King Sahure's Pyramid at Abusir Model builders: Stegemann Brothers Model construction date: 1910 Photograph date: ca. 1910-ca.
13. 1910 - Sah temp03. Zajatí nepřátelé; reliéf z Sahureova zádušního chrámu.
14. 1971 - Tula, 1971. The pyramid of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli with its columns, photographed in the early seventies. Tula, Hidalgo, 1971. The four Atlantean warrior figures on top stand about 4.6 metres.
15. 1975 - Uxmal from the highway, 1975. The central group seen from the road that runs past the site. Yucatán, 1975. The Mérida to Campeche highway is what made Uxmal a day trip.
16. 1976 - Xochicalco in 1976. The site photographed on a visit in the mid seventies, long before the museum. Morelos, 1976. Systematic excavation and the site museum came in the 1990s.
17. 1986 - The Nunnery quadrangle, 1986. The four ranges of the courtyard photographed in the mid eighties. Uxmal, Yucatán, 1986. Uxmal was still open to climbing on most structures at this date.
18. 1986 - Temple of the Inscriptions, 1986. The stepped funerary pyramid at Palenque, its roof comb above the tree line. Chiapas, 1986. Pakal's tomb was found under it by Alberto Ruz Lhuillier in 1952 after four seasons of clearing a filled stair.
19. 1986 - The avenue in 1986. The Avenue of the Dead seen from the Pyramid of the Moon two decades before the crowds. Teotihuacan, 1986. Visitor numbers at the site rose steeply after the 1987 UNESCO listing.
20. 2004 - Pyramide rhomboidale. Vue de la pyramide satellite au sud de la pyramide rhomboïdale à Daschour - Règne de Snéfrou - IVe dynastie égyptienne. Commons dates the file to 2004.
21. 2005 - 2005-04-05 (058) Details of Djoser Pyramid. A record from the pyramid field of the Old Kingdom. Commons dates the file to 2005.
22. 2006 - Louvre Sérapéum. The pyramid field of the Old Kingdom. Commons dates the file to 2006.
23. 2007 - Djoser-complexe-couleurs. The pyramid field of the Old Kingdom. Commons dates the file to 2007.
24. 2007 - Saqqarah Ounas. Pharaoh Unas relief; the final pharaoh of the 5th dynasty. Commons dates the file to 2007.
25. 2007 - Panorama pyramide Ounas. Panoramic view of the funerary complex of Ouunas and its surroundings, taken from the Jeddah enclosure in Saqqarah.
26. 2007 - The great ball court. The two parallel walls of the playing alley run the length of the frame. Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, 2007. At about 168 metres it is the largest Mesoamerican ball court known.
27. 2008 - Le Caire - Égypte 2008. A record from the pyramid field of the Old Kingdom. Commons dates the file to 2008.
28. 2008 - Bent Pyramid Base. base of the Bent Pyramid with the Red Pyramid in the background.
29. 2008 - Giza Pyramids. The pyramid field of the Old Kingdom, pyramids record 7.
30. 2009 - The pyramids of Giza 5. The Great Pyramid of Giza (also known as the Pyramid of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops) is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza pyramid complex bordering present-day Giza in Greater Cairo, Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact. Commons dates the file to 2009.
31. 2009 - The Pyramid of the Moon at ground level. The pyramid seen from the plaza at its foot. Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, 2009. Its forward platform was where processions on the avenue ended.
32. 2009-07-28 - Zona Arqueológica del Tajín, Veracruz. INAH TV surveys the archaeological zone of El Tajín in Veracruz. The site holds more ball courts than almost any other in Mesoamerica.
33. 2009-08-07 - Zona Arqueológica de Paquimé. INAH TV surveys the archaeological zone of Paquimé. The adobe city in Chihuahua traded macaws, shell and copper across a wide region.
34. 2009-08-14 - Zona Arqueológica de Malinalco, Estado de México. Videoclip. INAH TV films the archaeological zone of Malinalco. The main temple is carved directly into the living rock of the hillside.
35. 2009-09-02 - La Ciudadela y el Templo de la Serpiente Emplumada.. INAH TV covers the Ciudadela and the Temple of the Feathered Serpent. The compound sits at the southern end of the Avenue of the Dead.
36. 2009-10-08 - 50 Años del descubrimiento de la Tumba del Rey Pakal / 2009. INAH TV marks fifty years since the discovery of Pakal's tomb. Alberto Ruz Lhuillier identified the entrance mechanism in 1948 and the sarcophagus was uncovered in 1952.
37. 2010-02-22 - Hallazgo de entierro en Zona Arqueológica de Bonampak. INAH TV reports a burial found at Bonampak. Excavation continues at the site alongside conservation of the murals.
38. 2010-03-23 - Zona Arqueológica de Tula. INAH TV surveys the archaeological zone of Tula. Tula was the Toltec capital and was remembered by the Mexica as a model of civilisation.
39. 2010-03-23 - Exursions in Egypt- Balancing Tourism and Archaeology [www.sharmexcursion-tours.com].flv. Filmed at the pyramid field, running 4 min.
40. 2010-04-05 - Yacatas.. INAH TV films the yácatas at Tzintzuntzan. The round-ended stepped platforms are a Purépecha form found nowhere else.
41. 2010-04-07 - Templo de las Inscripciones. INAH TV films the Temple of the Inscriptions. Its Classic Maya name was B'olon Yej Te' Naah, the House of the Nine Sharpened Spears.
42. 2010 - Model of Giza pyramid complex-Kunsthistorisches Museum. The pyramid field of the Old Kingdom, pyramids record 5.
43. 2010 - Monte Albán from the north. A panorama of the plaza taken from the North Platform, stitched from several frames. Oaxaca, 2010. The site was occupied for roughly 1,300 years before it was largely abandoned.
44. 2010 - Monte Albán. The plaza and its flanking platforms seen along the long axis. Oaxaca, 2010. The site was listed by UNESCO in 1987 together with the historic centre of Oaxaca.
45. 2010 - Stelae at Monte Albán. Carved uprights standing in a group on the plaza floor. Monte Albán, Oaxaca, 2010. Building J carries slabs naming places thought to have been conquered.
46. 2010 - The ball court on Christmas morning. The court photographed in early light on 25 December. Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, 2010. The rings sit about six metres up the wall, which makes any account of the game a difficult one.
47. 2010 - The plaza in panorama. A wide stitched view of the Monte Albán main plaza. Oaxaca, 2010. The plaza runs roughly 300 metres north to south.
48. 2010-08-23 - Zona Arqueológica de Cobá / 2010. INAH TV surveys the archaeological zone of Cobá. Cobá was the most important northern Maya capital in its period.
49. 2011-01-11 - Bonampak: Mensajes Pictóricos. A research institute presents the pictorial messages of Bonampak. The murals show court ritual, battle and its aftermath in continuous narrative.
50. 2011-03-07 - Monte Albán. Zona Arqueológica Turismo Cultural. INAH TV surveys Monte Albán as a cultural tourism site. It was inscribed by UNESCO in 1987 jointly with the historic centre of Oaxaca.
51. 2011-03-16 - Uxmal Zona Arqueológica. INAH TV surveys the archaeological zone of Uxmal. The city rose through the Terminal Classic between about 830 and 950.
52. 2011-03-29 - Bruce Stewart - The Pyramids at Giza - Full Lecture. A record of the pyramids as they stand now, running 1h 14m.
53. 2011 - Pyramiden von Sakkara. Aerial view of the northern Sakkara temple and pyramid field with Djoser's step pyramid. The image is catalogued to 2011.
54. 2011 - The niches at El Tajín. The stepped pyramid with its recessed square openings on every tier. El Tajín, Veracruz, 2011. El Tajín was the Totonac and earlier Classic Veracruz centre, listed by UNESCO in 1992.
55. 2011-09-28 - Zona Arqueológica de Ek´ Balam. INAH TV surveys the archaeological zone of Ek Balam. The site's stucco frieze survived under later construction in exceptional condition.
56. 2012-03-27 - Zona Arqueológica de Comalcalco Tabasco. INAH TV surveys Comalcalco in Tabasco. The city was built of fired brick rather than stone because no local stone was available.
57. 2012-06-10 - Who Was Who in Egyptology. The fourth edition of Who Was in Egyptology will be available from June 2012. This short clip includes a selection of newly added photos and a time-lapse portrait of the Editor, Dr Morris Bierbrier, at work during the preparation of the new edition.
58. 2012-06-15 - A 60 años del descubrimiento de la tumba de Pakal. INAH TV marks sixty years since the discovery of Pakal's tomb. The skeleton wore a jade mask and bead necklaces.
59. 2012 - The Red Pyramid. Recorded on Commons: the Red Pyramid, along with the Bent Pyramid, was closed to tourists for many years because of a nearby army camp. It is now usually open for tourists and a somewhat intrusive ventilation has been installed which pipes air down the entrance shaft to the interior chambers. Visitors climb steps cut in or built over the stones of. Commons dates the file to 2012.
60. 2012 - Serpent head at the Castillo. A carved stone serpent head at the foot of the north stairway. Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, 2012. The heads anchor the balustrades that the equinox shadow is said to complete.
61. 2012 - The Caracol behind the plaza. The round observatory building sits at the back of the frame. Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, 2012. Its narrow window sightlines have been argued to track Venus, though not all of them align with anything.
62. 2012 - The ball court playing alley. The long walled court seen down its length. Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, 2012. Carved panels along the base show a decapitation scene whose losing or winning side is still argued over.
63. 2012 - Inner courtyard at Uxmal. A quadrangle enclosed on all sides by long low ranges. Uxmal, Yucatán, 2012. The Spanish named this group the Nunnery for its cell-like rooms, which had nothing to do with its use.
64. 2012 - The Adivino above the trees. The summit of the Pyramid of the Magician appears over the canopy. Uxmal, Yucatán, 2012. Its stairways are pitched at close to 60 degrees.
65. 2012 - The pyramid out of the forest. The Adivino rises abruptly from surrounding jungle. Uxmal, Yucatán, 2012. Uxmal means thrice-built in Maya, which the five construction phases of this pyramid rather undercut.
66. 2012 - The Adivino from behind. The rear elevation of the Pyramid of the Magician, away from the visitor route. Uxmal, Yucatán, 2012. The eastern stairway leads to a doorway framed as the open mouth of the rain god Chaac.
67. 2012 - Light and sound at Uxmal. Coloured projection picks a serpent out of the stonework during the evening show. Uxmal, Yucatán, 2012. Son et lumière arrived at Mexican sites in the 1970s and remains a main source of evening revenue.
68. 2012 - Carved figures at Kabah. Warrior figures worked into the stone of a Puuc building. Kabah, Yucatán, 2012. Kabah is joined to Uxmal by an 18 kilometre raised causeway, a sacbé.
69. 2012 - Huehuetéotl with his brazier. The old fire god sits cross-legged with a brazier balanced on his head, 36 centimetres tall. Teotihuacan gallery, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, 2012. The hunched old man carrying fire is one of the oldest gods in central Mexico.
70. 2012 - Stone mask of a priest of Xipe Totec. A carved face representing a priest of the flayed god. Museo del Templo Mayor, Mexico City, 2012. Xipe Totec's priests wore the skins of the sacrificed, a rite tied to spring and new growth.
71. 2012 - Tripod bowl with a warrior. A fresco-painted ceramic bowl on three legs, 15 centimetres tall, showing a warrior holding an obsidian knife with a heart on it. Teotihuacan gallery, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, 2012. The imagery is associated with Tlaloc.
72. 2012 - Brazier with a face at the centre. A clay brazier tied to the cult of Xochipilli, a face set in its middle. Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, 2012. Xochipilli was the god of flowers, song and games.
73. 2012 - Incense burners with god masks. Ceramic censers fronted with masks standing for the faces of the gods. Teotihuacan gallery, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, 2012. These were assembled from mould-made parts, which allowed a workshop to build them quickly.
74. 2012 - A Teotihuacan stone box in the Great Temple. A carved stone container from the older city, recovered from an Aztec offering. Museo del Templo Mayor, Mexico City, 2012. Over 200 offering caches have been excavated at the Templo Mayor.
75. 2012 - Teotihuacan stone from an Aztec offering. Worked stone from the earlier city, buried centuries later beneath the Mexica temple. Museo del Templo Mayor, Mexico City, 2012. The Mexica claimed Teotihuacan as the place where the gods made the present sun.
76. 2012 - A fragment carried into the offering. Part of a Teotihuacan stone object, deposited in the Great Temple. Museo del Templo Mayor, Mexico City, 2012. The gap between the making and the burial is roughly 800 years.
77. 2012 - A Teotihuacan mask in the Great Temple. A stone mask of Teotihuacan manufacture recovered from the Aztec temple. Museo del Templo Mayor, Mexico City, 2012. Teotihuacan masks have no back and were fixed to something rather than worn.
78. 2012-08-30 - The Descent of Kukulkán. The Smithsonian films the descent of Kukulkán at Chichén Itzá. The serpent shadow's intentionality is contested because the effect is visible for several weeks either side of the equinoxes and so cannot fix a date.
79. 2013-01-14 - A 81 años del descubrimiento de la Tumba 7 de Monte Albán. INAH TV marks 81 years since the discovery of Tomb 7. Its grave offerings are among the most spectacular found anywhere in the Americas.
80. 2013-02-12 - DESCUBREN MONUMENTOS EN CÚSPIDE DE LA PIRÁMIDE DEL SOL. INAH TV reports monuments discovered at the summit of the Pyramid of the Sun. The pyramid stands about 65 metres high on a base of roughly 219 by 232 metres.
81. 2013-02-22 - Documental Teotihuacan. Tlamaki TV. A documentary on Teotihuacan. Elite structures burned around 550 CE and no evidence of foreign invasion has been found.
82. 2013-03-07 - INAH Noticias marzo 2013. INAH TV broadcasts its news bulletin from March 2013. The institute reports finds across the whole country continuously.
83. 2013-03-27 - Asómate a Cobá en Quintana Roo. INAH TV offers a short look at Cobá in Quintana Roo. The site is linked to others by raised stone causeways called sacbeob.
84. 2013-04-02 - Documental Chichen itza. A documentary treatment of Chichén Itzá. The site sits in northern Yucatán and drew on cenote water in a landscape with no rivers.
85. 2013-04-15 - NUEVO ROBOT RECORRERÁ ÚLTIMO TRAMO DEL TÚNEL DE TEOTIHUACAN. INAH TV reports a robot sent through the last stretch of the Teotihuacan tunnel. Remote survey preceded human entry into the sealed passage.
86. 2013-05-07 - Edzná Documental, una de las urbes más atractivas del mundo Maya.. A documentary on Edzná. The city controlled a large agricultural hinterland in western Campeche.
87. 2013 - Saqqara, rilievo di horemheb, 1332-1323 ac., A. Egyptian antiquities in the Archeological Museum of Bologna.
88. 2013 - Cantona. Stone streets and walled courts spread across a lava field. Cantona, Puebla, 2013. The city was built without mortar and has more ball courts than any other Mesoamerican site.
89. 2013 - Tepozteco in fog. The small pyramid on its cliff edge, half lost in cloud. Tepoztlán, Morelos, 2013. The temple sits at around 2,000 metres and is reached only on foot.
90. 2013 - The yácatas of Tzintzuntzan. Five round-and-rectangular platforms in a row on a terrace above the lake. Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán, 2013. The yácata is a Purépecha form and looks like nothing else in Mesoamerica.
91. 2013-08-12 - Tzintzuntzan. INAH TV films Tzintzuntzan. The Purépecha capital sits above Lake Pátzcuaro and was never conquered by the Mexica.
92. 2013-09-12 - El Mito del Juego de Pelota en el Popol Vuh. Cápsula. INAH TV covers the ball game myth in the Popol Vuh. The K'iche' text describes the hero twins playing against the lords of the underworld.
93. 2013-10-25 - Zona Arqueológica de Xochicalco. Canal Once visits the Xochicalco archaeological zone. The city rose as Teotihuacan declined.
94. 2014-02-07 - Antropológicas - Obras, Descubrimiento de la tumba de Pakal (Cápsula Prog. 24). Canal Once's Antropológicas covers the discovery of Pakal's tomb. The sarcophagus lid shows Maya cosmology with a world tree, not a spacecraft, and von Däniken's 1968 reading is almost universally denounced by archaeologists.
95. 2014 - Userkaf-Pyramide (Sakkara). Held on Wikimedia Commons, it documents the pyramid field of the Old Kingdom, pyramids record 3.
96. 2014 - Pyramide (Meidum). Held on Wikimedia Commons, it documents the pyramid field of the Old Kingdom. The record is dated 2014, filed under pyramids in the Egypt archive.
97. 2014 - Pyramide (Meidum). Held on Wikimedia Commons, it documents the pyramid field of the Old Kingdom, pyramids record 6.
98. 2014 - Rote Pyramide (Dahschur). The pyramid field of the Old Kingdom, pyramids record 4.
99. 2014 - Knickpyramide (Dahschur). The pyramid field of the Old Kingdom, pyramids record 8.
100. 2014 - Cañada de la Virgen. The House of the Wind stands in front, the House of the Thirteen Heavens behind. Guanajuato, 2014. The site was opened to the public in 2011 after two decades of excavation.
101. 2014-07-28 - Manos creadoras: Museo de sitio Xochicalco, La Quemada y Paquimé. INAH TV covers the site museums at Xochicalco, La Quemada and other zones. Site museums keep excavated material near where it was found.
102. 2014-11-26 - Cuidar el Patrimonio de México,Edificio II, Monte Albán Zapteco, Oaxaca. A piece on caring for Building II at Monte Albán. Conservation of exposed stone is a permanent obligation at every open site.
103. 2015-01-12 - Tula Hidalgo: Espejo del Cielo. Documental.. A documentary on Tula in Hidalgo as a mirror of the sky. The Mexica claimed Toltec descent to legitimise their own rule.
104. 2015-01-26 - Zona Arqueológica de Edzná. INAH TV surveys the archaeological zone of Edzná. The site has an elaborate canal and reservoir system for managing seasonal water.
105. 2015-01-30 - Zona Arqueológica de Malinalco. Canal Once visits Malinalco. The rock-cut temple is associated with Mexica eagle and jaguar warriors.
106. 2015 - Saqqara, piramide a gradoni di Djoser. Held on Wikimedia Commons, it documents the pyramid field of the Old Kingdom. Commons dates the file to 2015.
107. 2015 - V dinastia, mastaba di ti, 2400 ac ca.. A record from the pyramid field of the Old Kingdom.
108. 2015 - Kukulcán in silhouette. The temple pyramid stands dark against a late sky. Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, 2015. Its Nahuatl-named counterpart Quetzalcoatl and the Maya Kukulcán are the same feathered serpent under two languages.
109. 2015 - First sight of the Castillo. The pyramid comes into view through the tree line at the edge of the plaza. Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, 2015. The visible structure encloses an older pyramid, found by tunnelling in the 1930s.
110. 2015 - Moon over the pyramid crest. The moon sits just above the summit temple. Uxmal, Yucatán, 2015. The Pyramid of the Magician is unusual in having rounded rather than squared corners.
111. 2015 - Shadow on the Adivino. Raking light throws the stairway of the Pyramid of the Magician into relief. Uxmal, Yucatán, 2015. The building went through five construction phases, each casing the last.
112. 2015 - Sunset at the Pyramid of the Magician. The oval-sided pyramid stands against a burning sky. Uxmal, Yucatán, 2015. Its Spanish name, Adivino, means soothsayer, from a Maya story about a dwarf who built it in a night.
113. 2015 - Another evening at the Adivino. The stair and summit temple hold the last light. Uxmal, Yucatán, 2015. Uxmal was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1996.
114. 2015 - A stela at Monte Albán. A carved upright stone standing in the grass of the plaza. Monte Albán, Oaxaca, 2015. Monte Albán's Danzante slabs carry some of the earliest writing known in Mesoamerica.
115. 2015 - The Ciudadela. The sunken plaza of the Citadel with its surrounding platforms. Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, 2015. A tunnel found under the Feathered Serpent temple here in 2003 is still being excavated.
116. 2015 - Edzná. The Maya site with its five-storey acropolis seen across open ground. Edzná, Campeche, 2015. Edzná's canal and reservoir system supported farming on a seasonally flooded plain.
117. 2015 - Down the avenue to the Moon. The processional way with the Pyramid of the Moon closing the far end. Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, July 2015. The Aztecs named it the Avenue of the Dead, mistaking the flanking platforms for tombs.
118. 2015 - The view from the Pyramid of the Moon. Looking south along the whole length of the avenue from the top of the Moon. Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, 2015. The Aztecs found the city already a thousand years ruined and treated it as sacred ground.
119. 2015 - The Pyramid of the Moon in July light. The pyramid and its platform under a high summer sky. Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, July 2015. Cerro Gordo, the hill behind it, appears to be echoed in the pyramid's profile.
120. 2015 - The Quetzalpapalotl courtyard. A colonnaded patio with carved pillars beside the Plaza of the Moon. Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, 2015. The pillars carry birds with obsidian-inlaid eyes, and the roof above them is a reconstruction.
121. 2015 - The Moon at midday. The pyramid from the plaza at close to noon. Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, July 2015. Seven building phases have been identified inside the structure.
122. 2015 - The pyramid platform. The stepped forward platform of the Pyramid of the Moon. Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, July 2015. The plaza in front of it could hold a crowd in the thousands.
123. 2015 - Inside the Citadel. Platforms enclosing the sunken plaza of the Ciudadela. Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, 2015. Over 200 sacrificial burials were found around the Feathered Serpent temple at its centre.
124. 2015 - Pakal's sarcophagus, reconstructed. The limestone sarcophagus with its carved lid, shown in a rebuilt tomb chamber. Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, 2015. The original lid stays at Palenque; this is the museum's reconstruction of the burial.
125. 2015 - The anthropology museum. A gallery interior at the national museum. Mexico City, 2015. The building opened in 1964 to a design by Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, its central patio hung from one concrete column.
126. 2015 - The sign at Cuahilama. The only marker at the entrance to the site, reading private property and naming INAH. Xochimilco, Mexico City, 2015. Cuahilama holds petroglyphs on a hill above the chinampa farmland.
127. 2015 - Plaque for José González Rodríguez. A memorial plaque at the entrance to the Cuahilama site carrying a message in Nahuatl. Xochimilco, Mexico City, dated 17 December 1994. Nahuatl remains a living language with over a million speakers.
128. 2015 - The top of Cerro Cuahilama. The view on reaching the head of the steps up the hill. Xochimilco, Mexico City, 2015. The hill overlooks the last working chinampas in the valley.
129. 2015 - Cañada de la Virgen from the air side. The main pyramid and its sunken patio seen in panorama. Guanajuato, 2015. The complex is aligned to observe the movement of the moon.
130. 2015 - Wiki Loves Pyramids at Teotihuacan. The site photographed during a documentation drive tied to Wikimania. Teotihuacan, 2015. Wikimania was held in Mexico City that year.
131. 2015 - Documenting the anthropology museum. Volunteers photographing the collection during a Wiki Takes event. Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, 2015. The museum holds the largest collection of ancient Mexican art anywhere.
132. 2015 - The Moon, Cerro Gordo and the avenue. The pyramid with the hill behind it and the avenue leading away. Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, 2015. The city covered around 20 square kilometres at its height.
133. 2015 - Wiki Loves Pyramids, 2015. A site photographed during the Wiki Loves Pyramids campaign. Mexico, 2015. The campaign ran alongside Wikimania to build free coverage of Mexican archaeology.
134. 2015 - The Pyramid of the Sun from the plaza. The largest structure at the site seen across open ground. Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, 2015. Its base is roughly 220 metres on a side.
135. 2015 - The Sun from the avenue. The great pyramid seen from the processional way. Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, 2015. A cave and tunnel run under the pyramid, found in the 1970s.
136. 2015 - Building J and the North Platform. The main plaza with the arrow-shaped Building J and the North Platform behind. Monte Albán, Oaxaca, 2015. Building J sits at an angle to everything else on the plaza, which is usually read as astronomical.
137. 2015-10-20 - Documental Chichén-Itzá- Grupo de las Mil Columnas.. A student documentary on the Group of the Thousand Columns. The colonnade adjoins the Temple of the Warriors.
138. 2015-10-21 - Documental de Chichèn-Itzà- El templo de los guerreros.. A student documentary on the Temple of the Warriors at Chichén Itzá. The Chac Mool was found and named by Augustus Le Plongeon in 1875.
139. 2015-10-21 - Documental de Chichèn-Itzà- El castillo.. A student documentary on El Castillo at Chichén Itzá. The site became a UNESCO World Heritage listing in 1988 and a New Seven Wonders selection in 2007.
140. 2016-05-16 - Zona arqueológica de Cuicuilco. INAH TV surveys Cuicuilco. The circular pyramid was buried by a lava flow and is among the oldest monumental structures in the Valley of Mexico.
141. 2016-06-07 - Unlocking the Great Pyramid: Khufu Revealed. Footage from the Giza plateau and its neighbours, running 1h 33m.
142. 2016-07-20 - Egyptology - Pyramid Construction. Filmed at the pyramid field, running 5 min.
143. 2016-07-25 - Hallazgo en Templo de las Inscripciones de Palenque. INAH TV reports a find at the Temple of the Inscriptions in Palenque. The building is the largest stepped pyramid at the site.
144. 2017-02-05 - Chichén Itzá - Los secretos de la pirámide Maya (DOCUMENTAL - HD). A documentary on Chichén Itzá and its pyramid. Excavation and restoration have shaped what visitors now see as much as the builders did.
145. 2017-02-10 - Mystery of Bent Pyramid Dahshur, Egypt. Filmed at the pyramid field, running 11 min.
146. 2017-04-18 - The Khufu Pyramid Revealed. Filmed at the pyramid field, running 53 min.
147. 2017-05-18 - La montaña sagrada del Jaguar un Documental de Guillermo Marín y Erik Miguel, Monte Albán, Oaxaca.. A documentary on the sacred mountain of the jaguar. Oaxacan archaeology is presented here through its landscape rather than its objects.
148. 2017 - Niankhkhnum & Khnumhotep embracing at false doors in their tomb. (reconstruction drawing,. Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep embrace on column between their false doors, inner hall of their tomb. Khnumhotep's door is to the right, with an offering table scene sketched above the paired watchmen. Niankhkhnum's, to the left, was damaged in antiquity and not shown here. It was a mirror image of Khnumhotep's. Portions of the. The image is catalogued to 2017.
149. 2017-06-15 - En busca de un rostro Kinich Janaab Pakal de Palenque. INAH TV searches for the face of K'inich Janaab Pakal. Facial reconstruction from the skull has been attempted several times.
150. 2017 - The jaguar from the side. The same Olmec monolith seen in profile, showing the weight carried in the haunches. Museo de Antropología de Xalapa, Veracruz, 2017. Olmec sculptors worked basalt hauled from the Tuxtla mountains.
151. 2017 - The bird monument from behind. A third angle on the Olmec bird, showing the block it was cut from. Museo de Antropología de Xalapa, Veracruz, 2017. Many San Lorenzo monuments were deliberately mutilated and buried in antiquity.
152. 2017 - Olmec bird monument. A stone bird carved with elements the Olmecs used as marks of authority. From San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán, held at Xalapa, Veracruz, photographed 2017. The piece was associated with the site's stone drain and aqueduct system.
153. 2017 - Agriculture ministers at Uxmal. Officials from the United States and Mexico walk the site during bilateral talks. Uxmal, Yucatán, July 2017. Uxmal has been federally protected since the early twentieth century and is administered by INAH.
154. 2017 - Olmec seated jaguar. A crouching feline carved from a single block, forelegs drawn under the chest. Excavated at San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán and held at the Museo de Antropología de Xalapa, Veracruz, photographed 2017. San Lorenzo is the earliest known major Olmec centre.
155. 2017-07-04 - Especialistas del INAH localizan un posible túnel bajo la Plaza y Pirámide de la Luna en Teotihuacan. INAH specialists locate a possible second tunnel at Teotihuacan. Excavation of the site continues more than a century after work began.
156. 2017-08-22 - Chichén Itzá, los secretos de la pirámide Maya - Documental. A documentary on the secrets of the Maya pyramid at Chichén Itzá. The city rose through the Terminal Classic into Postclassic dominance.
157. 2017-11-16 - Djoser. A record of the pyramids as they stand now, running 6 min.
158. 2018-01-21 - Bonampak Chiapas, documental de la zona arqueológica y sus murales. A documentary on the Bonampak archaeological zone and its murals. The site lies deep in the Lacandon forest of Chiapas.
159. 2018-03-30 - BONAMPAK MENSAJES PICTORICOS. TV UNAM presents Bonampak as pictorial messages. University research has driven most of the interpretation of the paintings.
160. 2018 - Pyramid of Djoser. The restoration of the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara. Commons dates the file to 2018.
161. 2018 - Dshshour-Giza-Egypt. The pyramid field of the Old Kingdom. Commons dates the file to 2018.
162. 2018 - Structure above the Calakmul canopy. A pyramid breaks the forest surface, jungle running to the horizon on every side. Calakmul, Campeche, 2018. The site sits inside a biosphere reserve, and the reserve and the ruins were listed together by UNESCO in 2014.
163. 2018 - Glyph at Pahñú. A carved stone panel at the Otomí site above Tecozautla. Pahñú, Hidalgo, 2018. The site belongs to the Xajay culture of the southern Sierra Gorda.
164. 2018 - Palenque in the forest. Maya structures with the Chiapas jungle pressing in around them. Palenque, Chiapas, 2018. Only a fraction of the site has been cleared; most of it is still under trees.
165. 2018 - Petroglyphs at Las Labradas. Figures pecked into black volcanic boulders on the shoreline. Las Labradas, San Ignacio, Sinaloa, 2018. The carvings sit on the beach and are washed by the tide.
166. 2018-08-17 - Túnel del Templo de la Serpiente Emplumada, Teotihuacan. The culture ministry films the tunnel beneath the Temple of the Feathered Serpent. It was found accidentally in late 2003 by Sergio Gómez Chávez and Julie Gazzola, sealed some 1,800 to 2,000 years earlier.
167. 2018-10-11 - Murales de Tlaxcala, documental. A documentary on the murals of Tlaxcala. Cacaxtla lies in Tlaxcala and its paintings were only found in 1975.
168. 2018-10-28 - Analyzing Egyptian Pyramids in the Digital Age. Footage from the Giza plateau and its neighbours, running 56 min.
169. 2018-12-13 - El camino hacia la tumba de Pakal. Radio INAH follows the road to Pakal's tomb. He acceded to the throne on 27 July 615 at the age of twelve.
170. 2019-01-14 - Pirámide de la Luna, Teotihuacan. INAH TV films the Pyramid of the Moon at Teotihuacan. The Avenue of the Dead runs about four kilometres and is roughly forty metres wide.
171. 2019-02-26 - Is God in the Great Pyramid? | TheGreatPyramidAIP. Filmed at the pyramid field, running 3 min.
172. 2019-03-08 - UXMAL ⭐ Zona Arqueológica de Yucatán ► GUIA COMPLETA ► ¿Cómo llegar? ¿Cuánto cuesta?. A guide to the Uxmal archaeological zone. The site has no cenote and depended on cisterns cut into the rock.
173. 2019-04-10 - Restaurada Zona Arqueológica de Mitla en Oaxaca, tras sismos de 2017. INAH TV reports Mitla restored after an earthquake. The site's geometric stone mosaics are unlike anything else in Mesoamerica.
174. 2019-05-15 - Uxmal, zona arqueológica | Historia | MochileroMX. A short history of the Uxmal archaeological zone. The Puuc hills held a dense cluster of related cities.
175. 2019 - Eastern Cemetery 2019-11-07c. Giza pyramid complex, Egypt, Eastern Cemetery (2019). The image is catalogued to 2019.
176. 2019 - Pyramids of Giza, Giza, GG, EGY. These are the famous Pyramids at Giza, located outside the former Ancient Egyptian cities of Memphis and Heliopolis, located south and north of modern-day Cairo, respectively. The earliest pyramids were located at Saqqara, to the south, which included the stepped pyramid, the bent pyramid, and the red pyramid, which were the.
177. 2019 - The Pyramid of the Moon closes the avenue. The Avenue of the Dead runs away to the left with the Pyramid of the Moon squared off at its head. Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, 2019. The city left no known name for itself, no known language and no record of a ruler.
178. 2019 - A corner of Teotihuacan. Part of the site seen close to. Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, 2019. Around 2,000 apartment compounds have been mapped across the city.
179. 2019 - The Great Pyramid at Xochicalco. The largest building on the site, a temple standing on its upper platform. Xochicalco, Morelos, 2019. The site was inscribed by UNESCO in 1999.
180. 2019 - Eagle relief. A bird of prey cut in relief into a stone block. Xochicalco, Morelos, 2019. The eagle recurs as a divine sign across Mesoamerican cultures.
181. 2019 - Mask with stone collars. A carved mask wearing strings of stone beads, of a kind worn by priests and high nobles. Xochicalco, Morelos, 2019. Xochicalco's carving mixes Maya, Zapotec and central Mexican conventions.
182. 2019 - Monte Albán close up. Part of the Zapotec site in detail. Oaxaca, 2019. Monte Albán was founded around 500 BC on a levelled ridge above three valleys.
183. 2019 - Grassed-over structures. A group of pyramids and part-built platforms, much of it under turf. Xochicalco, Morelos, 2019. Xochicalco was burned and abandoned around the year 900.
184. 2019 - The East Building, fenced off. A structure closed behind wire mesh, most likely for its condition. Xochicalco, Morelos, 2019. Conservation closures are routine at exposed stucco and stone sites.
185. 2019 - Vessel with an animal in relief. A ceramic bowl carrying a raised figure read as a dog or a big cat. Xochicalco, Morelos, 2019. Hairless dogs were bred both as companions and as food in central Mexico.
186. 2019 - Chillies, beans and seeds. Bowls of chillies, beans and mixed seeds shown as the diet of the city. Xochicalco museum, Morelos, 2019. Beans and maize eaten together supply the amino acids that neither has alone.
187. 2019-11-15 - D Todo - Uxmal, Yucatán (14/11/2019). Canal Once's D Todo visits Uxmal in Yucatán. The Nunnery Quadrangle and the Pyramid of the Magician dominate the site.
188. 2020-03-12 - D Todo - Atlantes de Tula (11/03/2020). Canal Once's D Todo covers the Atlantes of Tula. The basalt warrior columns stood on the summit of the main pyramid.
189. 2020-03-23 - Yaxchilán, la ciudad de la Selva Joven. PIEDRAS QUE HABLAN. INAH TV presents Yaxchilán as the city of the young jungle. The site sits on a bend of the Usumacinta and is reached by river.
190. 2020-03-30 - Chichén Itzá, La invasión perpetua. PIEDRAS QUE HABLAN. INAH TV presents Chichén Itzá as the perpetual invasion in Piedras que Hablan. The city flourished from the Late Classic and declined as a regional centre by 1100.
191. 2020-03-31 - Paquimé, Chihuahua. Ciudad de hombres. PIEDRAS QUE HABLAN. INAH TV presents Paquimé in Piedras que Hablan. The multi-storey earthen architecture is unlike anything in central Mexico.
192. 2020-04-01 - Cenotes de Yucatán y Quintana Roo. El agua del origen. PIEDRAS QUE HABLAN. INAH TV presents the cenotes of Yucatán and Quintana Roo. The Sacred Cenote at Chichén Itzá was dredged by Edward Herbert Thompson from 1904 to 1910.
193. 2020-04-02 - Calakmul, la selva de las estelas. PIEDRAS QUE HABLAN. INAH TV presents Calakmul as the jungle of stelae in Piedras que Hablan. Calakmul was a lowland superpower that rivalled Tikal.
194. 2020-04-06 - Teotihuacan: La casa del sol y la luna. PIEDRAS QUE HABLAN. INAH TV presents Teotihuacan as the house of the sun and the moon in Piedras que Hablan. Evidence of a king or other authoritarian ruler is strikingly absent and many scholars infer collective governance.
195. 2020-04-08 - Monte Albán, la entrada al cielo. PIEDRAS QUE HABLAN. INAH TV presents Monte Albán as the entrance to the sky. The Zapotec centre was founded around 500 BCE and largely abandoned by 900 to 1000 CE.
196. 2020-04-22 - Edzná, Campeche Un minuto de #INAHVirtual hasta tu casa. INAH TV offers a minute at Edzná in Campeche. The five-storey building is the site's defining structure.
197. 2020-05-10 - XOCHICALCO #ShareOurHeritage UNESCO. INAH TV marks Xochicalco for a UNESCO heritage campaign. The site was inscribed as a World Heritage listing in 1999.
198. 2020-05-15 - Observatorio prehispánico de Xochicalco registra paso cenital del sol. INAH TV films the pre-Hispanic observatory at Xochicalco recording the zenithal passage. A shaft cut through rock admits sunlight only on specific dates.
199. 2020-05-16 - Ek Balam Yucatán Un minuto de #INAHVirtual hasta tu casa. INAH TV offers a minute at Ek Balam in Yucatán. The institute ran virtual visits when sites were closed.
200. 2020-06-03 - Proyección: Cacaxtla, forma y color. El trazo revelado (México, 2000).. INAH TV presents Cacaxtla, form and colour. The murals there combine Maya painting conventions with central Mexican iconography.
201. 2020 - 26722- burial chamber in Sneferu's Bent pyramid. Held on Wikimedia Commons, it documents the pyramid field of the Old Kingdom, pyramids record 4.
202. 2020 - The stone ring at Cobá. A ball court goal ring set high in the sloping wall. Cobá, Quintana Roo, 2020. Cobá sits at the hub of the densest network of sacbeob, raised causeways, known in the Maya world.
203. 2020 - The platform of skulls. Rows of carved skulls run along the side of the tzompantli platform. Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, 2020. A tzompantli was a rack for displaying the heads of the sacrificed.
204. 2020 - Serpents at the foot of the stair. Two stone serpent heads flank the base of the north stairway of the Castillo. Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, 2020. Each of the four stairways has 91 steps, which with the top platform totals 365.
205. 2020 - The Pyramid of the Sun. The full west elevation with its two-stage stairway. Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, 2020. Climbing was closed to visitors in 2020.
206. 2020 - Nohoch Mul. The tallest pyramid at Cobá standing above the forest. Quintana Roo, 2020. At around 42 metres it is among the tallest in the northern Maya lowlands.
207. 2020 - World heritage at Teotihuacan. A general view over the ruined city. Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, 2020. The site was inscribed by UNESCO in 1987.
208. 2020 - The stairway is closed now. The steep stair of the Pyramid of the Magician, no longer open to climbers. Uxmal, Yucatán, 2020. Mexican sites began closing pyramids to climbing in the 2000s after falls and wear.
209. 2020 - Feathered serpent at the ball court. A carved serpent worked into the stone of the court. Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, 2020. The court's acoustics carry a spoken word from one end to the other.
210. 2020 - Behind the Temple of the Sun. The rear of the temple in the Cross Group, roof comb intact. Palenque, Chiapas, February 2020. The Cross Group was built by Kan Bahlam the Second for his own accession.
211. 2020 - The avenue and the Pyramid of the Sun. The Avenue of the Dead running past the west face of the largest pyramid. Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, February 2020. The pyramid stands about 65 metres and covers a natural cave that may have drawn the builders to the spot.
212. 2020 - West face of the Pyramid of the Sun. The stepped western flank of the largest structure at the site. Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, 2020. Its outer casing was heavily reconstructed by Leopoldo Batres for the 1910 centenary.
213. 2020 - A church on the buried pyramid. The Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios stands on a grassy hill that is in fact a pyramid. Cholula, Puebla, 2020. Tlachihualtepetl, the hand-made mountain, has the largest known base of any pyramid in the world by volume of fill.
214. 2020 - The Pyramid of the Moon. The smaller pyramid at the head of the avenue, its forward platform stepped out in front. Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, 2020. Burials found inside held sacrificed people and animals, among them eagles and jaguars.
215. 2020-08-16 - The Inventor of the First Pyramid | Lost Treasures of Egypt. Filmed at the pyramid field, running 4 min.
216. 2020-09-13 - Investigación en el INAH. Charla 2. INVESTIGADOR SERGIO GÓMEZ CHÁVEZ. Sergio Gómez Chávez gives an INAH research talk. By 2015 nearly 75,000 artifact fragments had been recovered from the tunnel he found.
217. 2020-09-14 - Reapertura Zona Arqueológica de Tulum, Quintana Roo. INAH TV films the reopening of Tulum. The walled city overlooks the Caribbean and was occupied late in the Maya sequence.
218. 2021-02-15 - Tulum a través del tiempo. INAH TV traces Tulum through time. Spanish contact with the Maya ran from 1511 to 1697, far later than in central Mexico.
219. 2021-03-12 - Saqqara: Step Pyramid of Djoser & Ancient Tombs. Filmed at the pyramid field, running 12 min.
220. 2021-05-11 - CALAKMUL CAMPECHE 🔴 GUIA COMPLETA ► como llegar, que hacer, precio ✅ Zona Arqueológica. A guide to Calakmul in Campeche. The site sits inside a biosphere reserve and is reached through hours of forest road.
221. 2021-05-13 - Mesa de Arqueología "Monte Albán en sus orígenes". An INAH archaeology roundtable on the origins of Monte Albán. Population rose from about 5,200 by 300 BCE to around 17,200 by 100 BCE.
222. 2021 - The Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt. Date: 2021-11-03 Airbus Pleiades + Pansharpened True Color Script Author: Sabina Dolenc © CNES (2020), Distribution AIRBUS DS [2021], contains Pleiades data processed by Sentinel Hub The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of the pyramids in the Giza pyramid complex bordering present-day Giza in Greater Cairo. The image is catalogued to 2021.
223. 2021-06-26 - Paquimé, la ciudad de las casas grandes. INAH TV presents Paquimé as the city of the great houses. The site was inscribed as a World Heritage listing in 1998.
224. 2021-08-17 - Paquimé, Chihuahua en la Lotería Nacional. INAH TV notes Paquimé featuring on the national lottery. Archaeological sites appear regularly on Mexican state issues.
225. 2021-08-30 - Documental - Secretos mayas Chitzén Itzá. A documentary on Maya secrets at Chichén Itzá. The Maya Classic period ran from about 250 to 900 CE.
226. 2021-09-14 - Egypt Opens Restored Tomb of Ancient Pharaoh to Tourists. Footage from the Giza plateau and its neighbours, running 2 min.
227. 2021-09-26 - Nefertiti lived there: a look at the 1930–31 EES excavation at Amarna. Filmed at the pyramid field, running 29 min.
228. 2021-10-30 - THIS is What's INSIDE the OLDEST Ancient Egyptian Pyramid - Djoser Step Pyramid at Saqqara! Anyextee. Footage from the Giza plateau and its neighbours, running 3 min.
229. 2021-11-28 - Serie "Senderos". Proyecto Xochicalco Pirámide de Quetzalcóatl.. The INAH centre in Morelos presents the Xochicalco pyramid of Quetzalcóatl. The carved feathered serpents wrap the entire base of the building.
230. 2022-01-23 - Rare Footage from Egypt - Ancient Machined Artifacts found deep beneath the Step Pyramid!. A record of the pyramids as they stand now, running 45 min.
231. 2022-02-01 - Teotihuacán. Serie "Ciudades del México Antiguo".. The INAH centre in Morelos devotes a programme to Teotihuacan in its Ciudades del México Antiguo series. Nearly everything identifying about the city is unknown, including the builders' identity, the original name and the language.
232. 2022-02-03 - Spotlight Lecture: Ahmed Kamal, the First Egyptian Egyptologist?. Footage from the Giza plateau and its neighbours, running 34 min.
233. 2022-02-23 - HIST 334 Spring 2022 Week 7 1 Djosers Step Pyramid. A record of the pyramids as they stand now, running 11 min.
234. 2022-03-08 - 10th Weinberg Lecture of Egyptology. Filmed at the pyramid field, running 1h 54m.
235. 2022-05-09 - El paso cenital del sol en la zona arqueológica de Monte Albán, Oaxaca. INAH TV films the zenithal passage of the sun at Monte Albán. Building J is arrow shaped and its steps align perpendicular to the rising of Capella.
236. 2022-05-10 - Teotihuacán: Un Lugar Mítico y Misterioso | Documental. A documentary on Teotihuacan as a mythic and mysterious place. The Mexica named it centuries after the city had already fallen.
237. 2022-06-08 - Spotlight Lecture: Medieval Arab Predecessors of Champollion. Footage from the Giza plateau and its neighbours, running 50 min.
238. 2022 - هرم ميدوم 3. The pyramid field of the Old Kingdom. It carries a date of 2022, filed under pyramids in the Egypt archive.
239. 2022 - Tomb of Mehu, chief justice and vizier of King Teti, 6th dynasty, ca 2345-2323 BCE; Saqqara. The pyramid field of the Old Kingdom, pyramids record 3.
240. 2022-07-19 - The latest Discovery in Egypt: Tomb of Egyptian Commander of Foreign Soldiers in Abusir. A record of the pyramids as they stand now, running 5 min.
241. 2022-08-23 - The Undiscovered Pharaoh Sahure still rests in his Pyramid?. The pyramid of Sahure at Abusir has suffered greatly from the ravages of greed and time. But perhaps a twist of fate has allowed the monument to preserve the king’s undiscovered remains. The hazards of exploring and excavating this fallen structure have protected the chambers within for centuries or Millennia.
242. 2022-10-13 - How did they build the Great Pyramid of Giza? - Soraya Field Fiorio. A record of the pyramids as they stand now, running 6 min.
243. 2022-12-07 - Spotlight Lecture: From Zero to Hero: the resurrection of Tutankhamun. Footage from the Giza plateau and its neighbours, running 51 min.
244. 2023-01-20 - How The Great Pyramid of Giza Was Built | Mysteries Uncovered | The Dr. Binocs Show | Peekaboo Kidz. A record of the pyramids as they stand now, running 6 min.
245. 2023-04-07 - Monte Albán OAXACA / Documental Pirámides Oaxaca México / Arqueología / Visita guiada pro 1. A documentary on Monte Albán in Oaxaca. The site was the pre-eminent Zapotec centre for nearly a millennium.
246. 2023-04-11 - Hallazgo de un marcador de Juego de Pelota en Chichén Itzá, Yucatán. INAH TV reports the discovery of a ball court marker at Chichén Itzá. New finds continue at a site excavated for over a century.
247. 2023-04-27 - The Tomb of Tutankhamun in Context. Footage from the Giza plateau and its neighbours, running 1h 12m.
248. 2023-04-30 - King Khufu didn't build the Great Pyramid at Giza, this is why. Filmed at the pyramid field, running 12 min.
249. 2023-05-22 - Uxmal, Yucatán. Arqueología, trabajos comunitarios e identidad en el Promeza. INAH TV covers archaeology, community work and identity at Uxmal. Local communities are increasingly involved in site management.
250. 2023-06-15 - El hallazgo de la tumba de Pakal, en Palenque, en 1952. INAH TV recounts the finding of Pakal's tomb at Palenque in 1952. Clearing the stairway down to the burial chamber took four years.
251. 2023-07-13 - Tulum, sitio estratégico en el pasado y en el presente del proyecto Tren Maya - Promeza. INAH TV presents Tulum as a strategic site past and present. Coastal trade routes made the city commercially important.
252. 2023-08-18 - Where is Imhotep’s tomb? | A glance at the Saqqara region | Lines in Sand. Filmed at the pyramid field, running 19 min.
253. 2023-09-30 - Pyramide d'Abusir : 8 Nouvelles Chambres Découvertes en Égypte !. Footage from the Giza plateau and its neighbours, running 6 min.
254. 2023-10-23 - Finding the God Osiris: Latest Excavations at Abusir and Saqqara. A record of the pyramids as they stand now, running 46 min.
255. 2023-11-05 - The Step Pyramid of Djoser, an Architectural Revolution I SLICE HISTORY | FULL DOCUMENTARY. A record of the pyramids as they stand now, running 43 min.
256. 2023-11-09 - Paso a paso - Casas grandes, Chihuahua (09/11/2023). Canal Once visits Casas Grandes in Chihuahua. The modern town takes its name from the ruined complex beside it.
257. 2023-11-22 - The Secrets of Saqqara Pyramid's Architecture | FULL DOCUMENTARY. A record of the pyramids as they stand now, running 45 min.
258. 2023-11-30 - Edzná, Campeche y el proyecto integral Tren Maya. INAH TV covers Edzná and the Maya Train project. Rail construction across the peninsula triggered large scale rescue archaeology.
259. 2024-01-23 - Un lugar llamado México - Tulum y Tihosuco (23/01/2024). Canal Once visits Tulum and Tihosuco. Tihosuco was a centre of the Caste War that began in 1847.
260. 2024-01-26 - The Construction of Saqqara: The First and Most Complex Pyramid | SLICE SCIENCE | FULL DOCUMENTARY. Filmed at the pyramid field, running 46 min.
261. 2024-03-06 - Decoding the Great Pyramid | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS. Filmed at the pyramid field, running 54 min.
262. 2024-03-16 - Inside the Bent Pyramid, the Most Unique and Mysterious in all of Egypt!. A record of the pyramids as they stand now, running 25 min.
263. 2024-03-31 - Unraveling History: The Step Pyramid of Saqqara. Footage from the Giza plateau and its neighbours, running 1 min.
264. 2024-05-02 - Tlalocan. Explorando el inframundo de Teotihuacan. Radio INAH explores the underworld beneath Teotihuacan. The tunnel is interpreted as a deliberate representation of the underworld.
265. 2024-06-06 - D Todo - Tlalocan (06/06/2024). Canal Once's D Todo covers Tlalocan at Teotihuacan. The name refers to the paradise of the rain god in Nahua belief.
266. 2024 - Chupícuaro figures. Ceramic figurines from the Chupícuaro culture in a museum case. Museo de la Ciudad Salvador Almaraz, Irapuato, Guanajuato, 2024. The Chupícuaro heartland was flooded by the Solís dam in 1949.
267. 2024 - The Pyramid of the Niches. Tier upon tier of square recesses climb the face of the building. El Tajín, Veracruz, 2024. There are 365 niches, one reading of which is a solar year.
268. 2024-06-26 - Arqueología Mexicana. Aguada Fénix. INAH TV covers Aguada Fénix in its Arqueología Mexicana series. Lidar survey revealed the enormous platform that had gone unnoticed on the ground.
269. 2024-08-07 - I go inside the 4500 year old Step Pyramid of Djoser Egypt. A record of the pyramids as they stand now, running 24 min.
270. 2024-08-29 - Pyramid Building Technique SOLVED? Theory Behind Egypt’s Oldest Djoser Pyramid. Footage from the Giza plateau and its neighbours, running 9 min.
271. 2024-09-09 - Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome: Recorded Live Lecture for the Egyptian Exploration Society. A record of the pyramids as they stand now, running 45 min.
272. 2024-10-11 - Conferencia "Una Visión Celeste de Cacaxtla: estudios arqueoastronómicos de su pintura mural". A conference on the celestial vision of Cacaxtla. Archaeoastronomy is a substantial strand of Mexican archaeological research.
273. 2024-12-16 - Rediscovering Sculptures of King Menkaure at the Giza Pyramids. Footage from the Giza plateau and its neighbours, running 1h 15m.
274. 2025-01-10 - Pueblo Mágico de Malinalco. A tourism piece on Malinalco as a Pueblo Mágico. The archaeological site sits above the modern town.
275. 2025-03-25 - The Evolution of the Pyramids. From Hierakonpolis to Giza with Dr Beth Hart. Filmed at the pyramid field, running 1h 44m.
276. 2025-03-29 - Lost Tombs of the Pyramids | SPECIAL | National Geographic. A record of the pyramids as they stand now, running 44 min.
277. 2025-06-15 - A 73 años del descubrimiento de la tumba: El misterio del rey Pakal. The culture ministry marks 73 years since the tomb was opened. K'inich Janaab Pakal was born on 24 March 603 and died on 29 August 683, after a reign of 68 years and 33 days.
278. 2025 - Egypt, December 2025, by Dyolf77, ZVE07570. The pyramid field of the Old Kingdom, pyramids record 6.
279. 2025-07-06 - Djoser & The Step Pyramid: Ancient Egypt's First Stone Giant (Pharaoh's Quest). Filmed at the pyramid field, running 23 min.
280. 2025-09-04 - ■ El Mundo Artesanal de Mitla, Oaxaca ■ Se encuentran en la Zona Arqueológica ■ agosto 2025. A look at the craft world of Mitla in Oaxaca. The town has a weaving tradition alongside the archaeological site.
281. 2025-09-13 - Teotihuacán: El Misterio que Desafía a la Historia. A documentary calling Teotihuacan a mystery that defies history. Maya texts refer to the city as puh, meaning place of reeds.
282. 2025-11-05 - La Historia Completa de Chichén Itzá Un Viaje a los Tiempos de los Maya para dormir.. A history of Chichén Itzá. El Castillo stands about 30 metres high with nine terraces on a base of roughly 55.3 metres.
283. 2025-11-07 - 1904: Arqueólogo draga cenote sagrado Chichén Itzá... 200 esqueletos + oro + jade". An account of the 1904 dredging of the sacred cenote. Gold, jade, pottery and human remains were removed and largely shipped abroad.
284. 2025-12-13 - The Bent Pyramid: Sneferu's Crucial Mistake That Revolutionized Pyramid Building (Egypt Documentary). A record of the pyramids as they stand now, running 2h 10m.
285. 2026-01-23 - Hallazgo de tumba prehispánica en Huitzo, Oaxaca. INAH TV reports a pre-Hispanic tomb found at Huitzo in Oaxaca. Rescue archaeology during construction produces many of the country's finds.
286. 2026-03-17 - Teotihuacán México 2026 🇲🇽 Pirámide del Sol, Luna y Calzada de los Muertos (Guía Completa). A walk through Teotihuacan taking in both pyramids and the causeway. The site is among the most visited archaeological zones in the Americas.
287. 2026-03-20 - El trofeo del Mundial de fútbol llega a Chichén Itzá, cuna del juego de pelota maya | AFP. AFP reports the World Cup trophy arriving at Chichén Itzá. Archaeological sites are routinely used as backdrops for national ceremony.
288. 2026-04-03 - Grok AI Finally Reveals Who Built The Pyramids — With Undeniable Proof. Footage from the Giza plateau and its neighbours, running 23 min.
289. 2026-04-06 - The Secrets of Ancient Egypt: Dynasties, Pyramids & Pharaohs | Egyptologist Aidan Dodson. A record of the pyramids as they stand now, running 1h 6m.
290. 2026-04-30 - Khufu | The Mysterious Pharaoh Behind the Great Pyramid | Ancient Egypt. A record of the pyramids as they stand now, running 2h 24m.
291. 2026-05-03 - Khufu Didn't Build The Great Pyramid — The Carbon Dating Proof He Found It. A record of the pyramids as they stand now, running 22 min.
292. 2026-06-04 - Egypt's Bent Pyramid: Failure or Genius? . Footage from the Giza plateau and its neighbours, running 1h 26m.
293. 2026-06-12 - Step Pyramid of Saqqara with UnchartedX | Fieldwork Walkthrough · Egypt. Footage from the Giza plateau and its neighbours, running 49 min.
294. 2026 - House of the Turtles at Uxmal. A low rectangular building with a plain colonnade and a cornice carved with turtles. Uxmal, Yucatán, 2026. The Puuc style favours a smooth lower wall and a densely worked upper frieze.
295. 2026-06-27 - El mito del juego de pelota en el Popol Vuh | Saque de banda: las pelotas y el juego. INAH TV returns to the ball game myth in the Popol Vuh. The game carried cosmological meaning well beyond sport.
296. 2026-07-06 - El panel del juego de Pelota de Chichén Itzá | El juego de pelota en piezas. INAH TV examines the ball court panel at Chichén Itzá. The Great Ball Court is the largest and best preserved in Mesoamerica at 168 by 70 metres.
297. 2026-07-31 - Científicos en México revelan ADN en la Tumba de Pakal que podría cambiar la Historia Maya. A report on DNA study relating to Pakal's tomb. Genetic work on ancient remains is a recent addition to Mexican archaeology.
298. 2026-08-21 - Sneferus Bent Pyramid The Ancient Engineering Failure That Changed Egypt. Footage from the Giza plateau and its neighbours, running 3 min.
299. 2026-09-03 - We Were Completely WRONG About How The Pyramids Were Built. Footage from the Giza plateau and its neighbours, running 16 min.
300. 2026-09-04 - Lo que encontraron debajo de Teotihuacán CAMBIA la historia de América. A documentary on what lies beneath Teotihuacan. The sealed tunnel has been under excavation since 2003.

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