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Temple of Quetzalcoatl in Teotihuacan.

According to INAH, Mexico´s National Institute of Antrophology and History, recent projection, it is now believed that the temple of Quetzalcoatl originally consisted of seven levels, without counting the pavilion on the uppermost level. Quetzalcoatl is a Mesoamerican deity whose name comes from the Nahuatl language and means "feather-serpent".

Its facade features hundreds of sculpted representations of Quetzalcoatl
the serpent, a symbol of fertility and renewal, and heads of Cipactli,
the mythical crocodile who symbolizes time and creation.
The reptiles appear among currents of water and numerous shells, which
were probably originally stuccoed and painted in many colors.

The worship of a feathered serpent deity is first documented in Teotihuacan in the Late Preclassic through the Early Classic period, shown most prominently on the Temple of the Feathered Serpent (built between 150 - 200 AD).

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Feathered Serpent head in Teotihuacan
Source(s):
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