Oaxaca - Monte Albán

Paty and Marío Rubén took us up 400m high Monte Albán, a mountain just outside Oaxaca, site of a large and important pre-Colombian civilisation. The ruins date from 500BC-1000AD. The work involved in building it without machines or metal tools must been huge, even more so given the ambient heat (30°C) and lack of water (dry climate, nearest river 4km away). At some stage Mira started doing cart wheels.Baca selengkapnya