- Title: Mexican authorities to protect Feathered Serpent Pyramid in Teotihuacan
- Date: 3rd August 2021
- Summary: TEOTIHUACAN, MEXICO (AUGUST 2, 2021) (REUTERS) GENERAL OF NEWS CONFERENCE ATTENDEE CLAPPING (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) GENERAL DIRECTOR OF MEXICAN INSTITUTION OF HISTORY AND ANTHROPOLOGY, DIEGO PRIETO HERNANDEZ, SAYING: "According to the experts, the accumulated deterioration and acceleration of climate change require us to take more drastic measures. That is why we have taken the decision to develop an architectonic and engineering project that will work as an integral protection system to guarantee the conservation of the feathered serpent facade in the long run by stabilizing the monument and diminishing the main causes of its deterioration." GENERAL OF NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR OF TEOTIHUACAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, SERGIO GOMEZ CHAVEZ, SAYING: "This emblematic and important building was suffering from severe damages. Damages are caused by multiple factors: environmental and from interventions that were made years ago. After more than ten years of observing the supervising the building, we have come to the conclusion that this is an extremely complex problem. That is why we are very happy with the start of this conservation process for the Feathered Serpent Pyramid, one of the most important buildings in Teotihuacan and in Mexico." PEOPLE CLAPPING AT NEWS CONFERENCE PLAQUE INDICATING TEOTIHUACAN AS A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE GENERAL OF SQUARE WHERE FEATHERED SERPENT PYRAMID IS LOCATED TOURISTS TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS FEATHERED SERPENT PYRAMID STAIRS VARIOUS OF FEATHERED SERPENT HEAD SCULPTURES DAMAGED PART OF PYRAMID PYRAMID'S FACADE BROKEN FEATHERED SERPENT HEAD SCULPTURE
- Embargoed: 17th August 2021 01:18
- Keywords: Feathered Serpent Pyramid Mexico Teotihuacan
- Location: TEOTIHUACAN, MEXICO
- City: TEOTIHUACAN, MEXICO
- Country: Mexico
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,South America / Central America
- Reuters ID: LVA001EOL926F
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Mexican authorities announced on Monday (August 2) a contest to develop a project that will preserve the Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent located in Teotihuacan.
The International Feathered Serpent Contest was launched by the Mexican History and Anthropology Institution.
The project's objective is to develop a roof structure that will guarantee the pyramid's conservation and will stabilize the monument.
"According to the experts, the accumulated deterioration and acceleration of climate change require us to take more drastic measures", said the general director of the Mexican Institution of History and Anthropology, Diego Prieto Hernandez.
The Feathered Serpent Temple was restored for the first time in 1921 by the archeologist Manuel Gamio.
Dubbed "The Place Where Men Become Gods" by the ancient Aztecs who believed it was a divine site, Teotihuacan reached its peak between 250 and 500 CE when it had a population close to 150,000 residents to become the sixth-largest city in the world after Constantinople and Alexandria.
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