- Sporadic excavations since the end of the 19th century / beginning of the 20th century, brought to light only some remnants of the Templo Mayor.
- View of the Templo Mayor excavations today in the center of what is now Mexico City (photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).
- The Templo Mayor was one of the main temples of the Aztecs in their capital city of Tenochtitlan, which is now Mexico City.
- All seven stages of the Templo Mayor, except the first, have been excavated and assigned to the reigns of the emperors who were responsible for them.[10].
- The seventh temple was the last version of the Templo Mayor, and very little of it remains since this layer was destroyed by the Spanish in 1521.
- The Templo Mayor in Mexico City is called the Pyramid of Huitzilopochtli; it stands out from the rest of the attractions of the capital of Mexico.
- Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank: [0:15] When you are on site at the Templo Mayor today, it can be a bit disorienting because the temple itself is not complete anymore.
- Before Spanish colonization, Templo Mayor served as the religious center for the Aztec people. When Spanish conquistadors arrived in the early 16th century...
- Unearthing the Aztec past, the destruction of the Templo Mayor.