may 23-27

the national anthropology museum.

it is located in mexico city on avenue , Paseo de la Reforma and Calsada Gandhi in colonia Chapultepec Polanco, the nearest subway stations are, Auditorio and Chapultepec.The museo nacional de antropologia opened in 1971, in a fine new building designed by architect Pedro Ramirez Vazquez. the brown flor, focuses on the native cultures and societies of mexico. The famous Aztec Sun stone is only a small part of the fantastic collection of hardwork from the indigenous population of mexico, it is in room 9(sala Mexica) of the museum, it was discovered buried beneath the zocalo in 1790, it was originaly thoughtnto be a calendar and for brief time a sacrifical altar. in the stone's center is the sun god Tonatiuh,the Aztecs belive that prior to their existence the world had one through 4 periods("suns")of creation and destruction, the ringaround the panels is filled with symbols representing the 20 days of the aztecs month, finally 2 snakes form in outer ring and point to a date 1011 A.D when the 5th sun(the aztecs current world)was created.