Cacaxtla is an archaeological site in the southern state of Tlaxcala, Mexico

Cacaxtla "Place of Death in the Land of Rain", a legacy of the Olmec-Xicalanca, tri-ethnic group (Nahuatl, Mixtec and chochopopoloca), who apparently came from Xicalanco, in the present state of Campeche. Archaeological evidence tells us that the cultural zenith of splendor and gives the year 600 to 900 of our era.
It has history museum, the Los Cerritos, the Great Base which consists of the Building of the Columns, the Palace, the Court of the Diamonds, the Patio of the Altars, Ladder Room, Temple of Venus, Temple Red, The Gauntlet, the Mural of the Battle (with more than 25 m 2), the Mural of Man Ave, South Jamba, the Jaguar Man Mural, North Jamba, the Hall of the board and Hutches.
It has murals considered one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the twentieth century and have crossed the borders of Mexico.

Cacaxtla is an archaeological site in the southern state of Tlaxcala, Mexico, with coordinates 19 ° 14'40 N 98 ° 20'23 Or, in the municipality of Nativitas, its name comes from the Nahuatl word or CACAXTLA cacaxtli, which refers to Travel baskets used by the traders to transport their goods. The site features the good state in which the murals have been preserved. The splendor of the city occurred in the period Epi.

The archaeological site is maintained by the government's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and is open Tuesday through Sunday from 8:00 to 17:30. Admission is $ 46 pesos. [1] In addition to the ruins, there is a small but well presented museum containing models of how the city was at its peak and a collection of artifacts found on the site. If you ever find in the archaeological zone of Cacaxtla, take a walk around the Great Platform. This summit partly artificial contains layers upon layers of prehistoric occupation. There are more than Cacaxtla that only the beautiful murals. Here archaeologists have found rabbit pens, the test diet was available to the elite who lived on the hilltop.

Due to hail the May 21, 2007, the archaeological site was closed until April 2008. [2] The site was to re-open on April 30, 2008.

Another site near Cacaxtla Xochitécatl is associated with a complex ceremony that was more public.

The site was rediscovered in 1975 by peasants from the village of San Miguel del Milagro, working the land who found translated into a wall face of a character, now known as the "bird man", and reported to the authorities of the finding, this fact caught the attention of archaeologists in the same year. On May 21, 2007 about 800 square feet of the structure derrumabaron and another 800 were damaged by heavy hail [1] as the area was closed until further notice.

The main element of Cacaxtla is mural painting, the settlement has a linear, rectangular appearance, facing south-north, while staggered in the same direction to bridge the differences in level between the base and its most high, which is about 95 meters of 2 230-2 325 meters above sea level.

The nuclear area has a length of 1.700 meters for an average width of 800 meters.Up the site, spacious and high stepped platforms, which are adapted to north-south axis and are ten in number, being one of them off the shaft and positioned to the north of the site.