After visiting the Graves, we walked the Avenue of the Dead. The Avenue of the Dead is the main road running through the city. It is an amazing hike, especially from the Citadel in the south up to the Plaza of the Moon. Energetically, the square pyramidal bases lining the Avenue created a dense rigid energy that felt uncomfortable to me and reminded me of the dense energy of some of the ancient Egyptian cities that I visited back in 2004 and 2005.
According to the INAH Plaque accompanying this road, the Avenue of the Dead runs south-north, though off center from astronomical north by 15 degrees 25 minutes to the east. The Avenue ends at Plaza of the Moon in the north, while archaeologists have not yet found the south end. The thus far excavated portion of the Avenue is more than 2 miles long. The East-West Avenue forms a right angle with the Avenue of the Dead, dividing Teotihuacan into 4 sectors. The groups of buildings that line both sides of the Avenue of the Dead belong to palace and temple complexes designed specifically for Teotihuacan’s different political-administrative and civic-religious activities, as well as to dwelling areas for the society’s top-level hierarchy, consisting mainly of priests. A group called the Avenue of the Dead Complex lies between the Pyramid of the Sun and the San Juan River and is comprised of pyramidal bases with temples atop them, courtyards, streets, stepped platforms, and residential sections set around central plazas. This walled-off complex measures 1,167 feet from east to west and 1,267 feet from north to south, and is divided into 3 sections by transverse stairways overlooking the Avenue of the Dead. The Superimposed Edifices, the West Plaza Complex, and the Viking Complex form part of these complexes.
