Sunday, March 22, 2026

POTD: Monte Albán

From 2025 06 03 Oaxaca

Today's photo-of-the-day was taken in Monte Albán, near Oaxaca, Mexico. According to UNESCO, "Monte Albán is the most important archaeological site of the Valley of Oaxaca. Inhabited over a period of 1,500 years by a succession of peoples — Olmecs, Zapotecs and Mixtecs — the terraces, dams, canals, pyramids and artificial mounds of Monte Albán were literally carved out of the mountain and are the symbols of a sacred topography. The grand Zapotec capital flourished for thirteen centuries, from the year 500 B.C to 850 A.D."

Bonus photos are after the jump.


From 2025 06 01 Puebla
From 2025 06 01 Puebla

"Stone terraces rise,
carved by hands from mountain rock,
touching sacred sky."

— h/t ChatGPT

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