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Sat, 14 Feb 2026 07:49:22 +0100

Avenue of the dead.

The Nahua people of the 16th century called it Miccaotli, a Nahua word meaning "avenue of the dead," because they mistakenly thought that the ruins they saw on the sides and along the road were burial mounds. Partially visible today, this 50 m wide and almost 5 km long road in a north-south direction, with a deviation of 15 degrees east of the magnetic north, also served as a backbone that structured the rest of the streets, squares and multi-family condominiums along it. It was the main avenue of the ancient city of Teotihuacan. The local population and visitors walked along this path; also, being a political, economic and religious center of great importance, it was possibly a pilgrimage and procession route for the surrounding towns.