Anthropological Museum

Today we spent a full day in Mexico city's anthropological museum, we intended on coming here on our first visit in February but we didn't have enough days in this amazing city 😊 and you really need a whole day here at least. It must be the largest museum we've ever been to. It literally takes you from the dawn of man right through to the modern day cultures of Mexico, visiting every civilization and culture in great detail. To be honest it was a little overwhelming 😂 However it was fascinating to learn about the rich history of central America, especially through the Mayan and Aztec eras. Before we went we knew there were once Mayans and probably at one point Aztecs as well, maybe at the same time? But we never imagined how complex each civilization was, and how many different civilizations inhabited Mexico that weren't the Mayans or the Aztecs (turns out the Aztecs aren't even a single group but several different ones that inhabited the South West of Mexico for several centuries) The number of artifacts they have from each one of these cultures is astounding. The most impressive being the famous Mayan calendar: A huge, circular, stone tablet that used to take center stage in the main square of what is now Mexico City.Lue lisää