Unit16Stories世界上有许多历史文化名胜,它们让人流连忘返,遐想联翩……参观历史文化名胜,了解遥远的过去,了解它们不为人知的故事
下面让我们一起来参观墨西哥举世闻名的大神庙吧
TemploMayor(大神庙)isamajorattractionintheveryheartofdowntownMexicoCityandisoneofMexico'smostimportantarchaeologicalsites
Accordingtoanoldstory,theAztecsweretoldbyagodtofindaplacewhereaneagle(鹰)stoodonacactus(仙人掌)withasnakeinitsbeak(喙),andthentobuildtheircity,Tenochtitlan,there
In1978,someelectricityworkersdugupaneighttonnestonediscofCoyolxauqui,anAztecgoddess
FurtherexplorationrevealedthattherewasanentirearchaeologicalwonderlyingbeneathMexicoCity'sstreets,andadecisionwasmadetodemolishsomeoldcolonialbuildings,torevealtheTemploMayor
Itwasnineyearslater,in1987,thatthemuseumwasofficiallyopened,butpeoplehadalreadybeenvisitingthesite,evenduringthediggingstages,althoughinlimitednumbersandinrestric