Mesoamerica<p>The sprawling ruins of Teotihuacan, just 25 miles northeast of Mexico City, are the remains of the largest metropolis in the Americas and one of the world&#39;s largest cities in its heyday. Perhaps as many as 125,000 inhabitants lived within its confines during the city&#39;s apex between AD 500 and AD 700. There is much speculation and controversy about Teotihuacan&#39;s origin, its inhabitants, and end. There is even a problem with its name, The Aztecs, who arrived in the area more than five centuries after its abandonment, called it Teotihuacan, or Place of the Gods...or did they? Archaeologist, Veronica Ortega, has found some evidence that they may have called it, Teohuacan, City of the Sun. They used the abandoned site as a place where their rulers were anointed. Ortega thinks the Spanish conquerors may have changed the name to give it a religious connotation, and to de-emphasize the city as an Aztec center of political power. <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Mesoamerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mesoamerica</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Teotihuacan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Teotihuacan</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Aztecs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Aztecs</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/VeronicaOrtega" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VeronicaOrtega</span></a> <a href="https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/mexicos-teotihuacan-ruins-may-have-been-teohuacan" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/</span><span class="invisible">mexicos-teotihuacan-ruins-may-have-been-teohuacan</span></a></p>