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A "time traveler's" vision of human history stretches throughout Mexico City's Copilco metro station.

These strikingly colorful paintings were created by a mysterious Mesoamerican civilization.

It's believed this golden brick is part of the legendary lost Aztec treasure.

These sacred Mesoamerican ruins feature peculiar petroglyphs hidden in the stones.

One of the world’s largest cave systems houses legends, concerts, and wondrous rock formations alike.

The turquoise-studded skull of a long-dead Aztec man sits within Mexico City’s Museum of Anthropology.

This dreamlike museum is filled with the works of an influential surrealist artist whose name you may have never heard.

Come face to face with the ferocious visage of the serpent-headed mother goddess of the Aztecs.

One of the world's largest murals covers a large swath of homes in its hillside neighborhood.

This "cursed house" features secret rooms, hidden vaults, and dark escape tunnels.

Take a dip beneath the stalactites in this amazing cenote.

The former headquarters of Mexico's Secretariat of Public Education now houses a muralism museum, including Diego Rivera's first large-scale mural project.

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

Inside this mountain lies several kilometers of breathtaking caves.

The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.

Cave where bat-eating snakes hang down from the ceiling.

This ancient jade mask depicting the Zapotec bat god was found in the ruins of the pyramids of Monte Alban.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

You can release a young butterfly at this beautiful indoor garden.

The jewel of western Mexico's archaeological legacy is this tiered circular pyramid now covered in grass.