Monte Alban

500 BCMexico

CountryMexico

Date500 BC

RegionOaxaca

About Monte Alban

Carved from a mountain top by the Zapotecs. 1,700 years of continuous occupation. The danzantes figures were originally thought to be dancers but may be sacrificial victims. The ballcourt is the oldest known in Mesoamerica.

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