Mexico is a cultural giant, one that keeps its history reflected all around, like living, breathing museum. Tulum, Monte Albán, Chichén Itzá, Palenque and Uxmal are all names that you have heard before and places you might have even visited. But a lot of people don’t know that there are over one hundred archeological sites and pyramids in Mexico, many of which are unknown.
For example, you most certainly have heard of Teotihuacán. Its majestic pyramids of the Sun and Moon are just a 40-minute drive from Mexico City. However, most tourists — and even some locals — don’t know that there are nineteen archeological sites in México state alone, with 193 sites spread across the country.
187 of these sites are open to the public. That’s 187 opportunities to visit some of the most interesting and beautiful rooms of the museum that is Mexico. Here is a list of five archeological sites you probably haven’t heard of, located in Guanajuato, Jalisco, Campeche, Oaxaca and México state.
This site is located only 16 kilometers southeast of the ever popular city of San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato . The main monuments in Cañada de la Virgen were utilized to study and observe the sky. The site itself was structurally planned to reflect the cosmic cycles of the lives of its Otomi inhabitants.
The site is interesting as it was not a residential area but instead a place of research and rituals. It has impressive acoustics which lets you communicate from any section of a.