San Juan Teotihuacan, Mexico
Beyond public view, scholars unravel mystery of writing in ancient Mexican city
Close-up of a glyph identified as representing Teotihuacan's storm god in profile wearing a headdress or fringe across its forehead and possibly holding a corn stalk, dated to probably between 300-400 A.D. and found on the floor of the Plaza of the Glyphs at La Ventilla, an extensively excavated neighborhood in the ancient ruins of Teotihuacan, in San Juan Teotihuacan, northeast of Mexico City, Mexico November 7, 2019. Picture taken November 7, 2019. REUTERS/Gustavo Graf