Tula Ruin Site, Hidalgo State, Mexico

Tula Ruin Site Museum, Hidalgo State, Mexico

Tula Ruin Site in Hidalgo State Mexico,
north of Mexico City includes a museum
with artifacts from the site.
Jorge Acosta was the principle investigator
at Tula

reached its height in the year 1000 AD
when it was a dominant city in Central
Mexico with ties far to the south at
Chichen Itza and possibly to the north as
far as New Mexico in the USA.
The site shows classic Mesoamerican
characteristics, with ball courts Pyramidal
platforms, plazas, and altars.
Also interesting architecturally are the
canal systems, drainage systems,
terraces, and bridges over the Tula River.
Many sculptures, polychrome sculptures
and bas relief works of art decorated the
buildings in ancient times.

Tula spread over a huge area where
tens of thousands of people lived during
the 400 years of habitation, which peaked
in the year 1000 AD when Tula was the
dominant city in Central Mexico.
Tula-like architecture has been found by
archaeologists as far south as Chichen
Itza in the Yucatan and it is not known
whether this was a result of trade or
subjugation.
The plan to the left shows the classic
Mesoamerican city layout: ball courts, a
large plaza surrounded by Pyramidal
platforms centered by a low altar.

Tula would appear to have
been a warlike culture judging
by the monument to the
warriors which occupied the
highest point in the city and
was once covered by a huge
roof, the warrior statues being
columns to support that roof.
These statues now called
Atlantes are thought by
archaeologists to represent
historic figures and one is
believed to be the mysterious
Topilzin Quetzalcoatl, a living
god of myth and legend.

Reach both
Teotihuacan
ruin and the
Toltec ruins of
Tula by frequent
service Daily
from Mexico
City's
Terminal Norte

Ovnibus runs
service to Tula
every 20 minutes
from each day
Mexico City's
Terminal Norte