Así Era el Zócalo de la Ciudad de México | Lo que Está Enterrado Bajo tus Pies | 1550 d.C.

Beneath Mexico City's Zócalo lies another city. That's not a metaphor. It's literal. The largest ceremonial center of the Aztec Empire—the Sacred Precinct, with more than 78 buildings—is buried exactly where millions of people walk, take photos, and celebrate the New Year today. The Templo Mayor, the largest pyramid in Tenochtitlán, lies beneath the streets surrounding the Zócalo. The Metropolitan Cathedral was built with stones demolished from that temple. The National Palace stands atop the palace where Moctezuma ruled. And in 2017, archaeologists unearthed a tower of more than 600 human skulls less than 100 meters from where you stand when you visit the historic center. In 1978, electric company workers drilled into the ground two blocks from the Zócalo and found a stone disk more than three meters in diameter. That opened the excavations of the Templo Mayor, which continue to this day. What lies beneath the Zócalo is not buried history. It's the city that existed before this city, still there, meters underground, waiting for someone to dig deep enough. 📌 Subscribe to The Unknown Roots and turn on notifications. 🔔 More videos from the channel: ▸ This is what the Inquisition was like in Mexico City | 1571 AD ▸ The Cathedral that Mexico Built on an Empire | 1600 AD ▸ The City that Spain Built on an Empire | 1550 AD 📚 Sources: ▸ Eduardo Matos Moctezuma — "The Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlán" ▸ Leonardo López Luján — "Excavations of the Templo Mayor, 1978-2024" ▸ General Archive of the Nation — Chronicles of the Conquest and Colonial Reconstruction ▸ INAH — Field Season Reports, Templo Mayor Project ▸ Fray Bernardino de Sahagún — General History of the Things of New Spain Hashtags: #Zócalo #MexicoCity #TemploMayor #Tenochtitlán #Aztecs #ColonialMexico #HistoryOfMexico #NewSpain #TheUnknownRoots #ArchaeologyOfMexico